diff --git a/docker-compose.api.yaml b/docker-compose.api.yaml
index f19974e7d7..8f8fbe59ad 100644
--- a/docker-compose.api.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.api.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
 services:
   ollama:
     # Expose Ollama API outside the container stack
diff --git a/docker-compose.data.yaml b/docker-compose.data.yaml
index a8f9f77b02..4b70601f89 100644
--- a/docker-compose.data.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.data.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
 services:
   ollama:
     volumes:
diff --git a/docker-compose.gpu.yaml b/docker-compose.gpu.yaml
index 424f485a1c..de821235da 100644
--- a/docker-compose.gpu.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.gpu.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
 services:
   ollama:
     # GPU support
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 9daba312aa..74249febd9 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
 services:
   ollama:
     volumes: