diff --git a/testing/matrix-sdk-integration-testing/README.md b/testing/matrix-sdk-integration-testing/README.md
index a1233f2bd..07754f652 100644
--- a/testing/matrix-sdk-integration-testing/README.md
+++ b/testing/matrix-sdk-integration-testing/README.md
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 ## Requirements
 
 This requires a synapse backend with a ci patched configuration. You can easily get
-it up and running with `docker-compose` via:
+it up and running with `docker compose` via:
 
 ```sh
-docker-compose -f assets/docker-compose.yml up -d
-docker-compose -f assets/docker-compose.yml logs --tail 100 -f
+docker compose -f assets/docker-compose.yml up -d
+docker compose -f assets/docker-compose.yml logs --tail 100 -f
 ```
 
 **Patches**
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ The integration tests can be run with `cargo test` or `cargo nextest run`.
 
 The integration tests expect the environment variables `HOMESERVER_URL` to be the HTTP URL to
 access the synapse server and `HOMESERVER_DOMAIN` to be set to the domain configured in
-that server. If you are using the provided `docker-compose`, the default will be fine.
+that server. If you are using the provided `docker-compose.yml`, the default will be fine.
 
 ## Maintenance
 
-To drop the database of your docker-compose run:
+To drop the database of your docker compose run:
 
 ```bash
-docker-compose -f assets/docker-compose.yml stop
+docker compose -f assets/docker-compose.yml stop
 rm -rf ./assets/data
 ```
diff --git a/testing/matrix-sdk-integration-testing/assets/docker-compose.yml b/testing/matrix-sdk-integration-testing/assets/docker-compose.yml
index 81a630ace..e75f6a8a5 100644
--- a/testing/matrix-sdk-integration-testing/assets/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/testing/matrix-sdk-integration-testing/assets/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3'
-
 services:
 
   synapse: