diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b087cb8ea..dcde7b0a3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM node:20 as frontend
+FROM node:20 AS frontend
 
 # Make build & post-install scripts behave as if we were in a CI environment (e.g. for logging verbosity purposes).
 ARG CI=true
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RUN npm run build:prod
 # ones becase they use a different C compiler. Debian images also come with
 # all useful packages required for image manipulation out of the box. They
 # however weight a lot, approx. up to 1.5GiB per built image.
-FROM python:3.11 as production
+FROM python:3.11 AS production
 
 ARG POETRY_INSTALL_ARGS="--no-dev"
 
@@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ COPY ./docker/bashrc.sh /home/tbx/.bashrc
 
 # Run the WSGI server. It reads GUNICORN_CMD_ARGS, PORT and WEB_CONCURRENCY
 # environment variable hence we don't specify a lot options below.
-CMD gunicorn tbx.wsgi:application
+CMD ["gunicorn", "tbx.wsgi:application"]
 
 # These steps won't be run on production
-FROM production as dev
+FROM production AS dev
 
 # Swap user, so the following tasks can be run as root
 USER root
@@ -117,4 +117,4 @@ RUN curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v${NVM_VERSION}/install.sh
 COPY --chown=tbx --from=frontend ./node_modules ./node_modules
 
 # do nothing forever - exec commands elsewhere
-CMD tail -f /dev/null
+CMD ["tail", "-f", "/dev/null"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 5fa48c3e8..689a48329 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.7'
 services:
   web:
     build:
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose-frontend.yml b/docker/docker-compose-frontend.yml
index bf97554d9..16203e15f 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose-frontend.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose-frontend.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # A custom compose file for $FRONTEND=docker, which also binds frontend ports
 
-version: '3.7' # NB synchronise with /docker-compose.yml
 services:
   web:
     ports:
diff --git a/fabfile.py b/fabfile.py
index 11ec2e8b1..ce8d4e29f 100644
--- a/fabfile.py
+++ b/fabfile.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 def dexec(cmd, service="web"):
     return local(
-        "docker-compose exec -T {} bash -c {}".format(quote(service), quote(cmd))
+        "docker compose exec -T {} bash -c {}".format(quote(service), quote(cmd))
     )
 
 
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ def build(c):
     local("chown -R $USER:{} {}".format(group, directories_arg))
     local("chmod -R 775 " + directories_arg)
 
-    local("docker-compose pull")
-    local("docker-compose build")
+    local("docker compose pull", pty=True)
+    local("docker compose build", pty=True)
 
 
 @task
@@ -64,10 +64,11 @@ def start(c):
     Start the development environment
     """
     if FRONTEND == "local":
-        local("docker-compose up -d")
+        local("docker compose up --detach", pty=True)
     else:
         local(
-            "docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker/docker-compose-frontend.yml up -d"
+            "docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker/docker-compose-frontend.yml up -d",
+            pty=True,
         )
 
 
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ def stop(c):
     """
     Stop the development environment
     """
-    local("docker-compose stop")
+    local("docker compose stop", pty=True)
 
 
 @task
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ def destroy(c):
     """
     Destroy development environment containers (database will lost!)
     """
-    local("docker-compose down")
+    local("docker compose down --volumes", pty=True)
 
 
 @task
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ def sh(c, service="web"):
     """
     Run bash in a local container
     """
-    subprocess.run(["docker-compose", "exec", service, "bash"])
+    subprocess.run(["docker", "compose", "exec", service, "bash"])
 
 
 @task
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ def sh_root(c, service="web"):
     """
     Run bash as root in the local web container.
     """
-    subprocess.run(["docker-compose", "exec", "--user=root", "web", "bash"])
+    subprocess.run(["docker", "compose", "exec", "--user=root", "web", "bash"])
 
 
 @task
@@ -118,7 +119,8 @@ def psql(c, command=None):
     Connect to the local postgres DB using psql
     """
     cmd_list = [
-        "docker-compose",
+        "docker",
+        "compose",
         "exec",
         "db",
         "psql",
@@ -458,7 +460,8 @@ def run_test(c):
     """
     subprocess.call(
         [
-            "docker-compose",
+            "docker",
+            "compose",
             "exec",
             "web",
             "python",
@@ -475,4 +478,6 @@ def migrate(c):
     """
     Run database migrations
     """
-    subprocess.run(["docker-compose", "run", "--rm", "web", "./manage.py", "migrate"])
+    subprocess.run(
+        ["docker", "compose", "run", "--rm", "web", "./manage.py", "migrate"]
+    )