diff --git a/helpers.sh b/helpers.sh
index b53d79b..49f02c8 100755
--- a/helpers.sh
+++ b/helpers.sh
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ docker_compose_set_plugin() {
 
 docker_compose_update() {
     # If you change this, update also docker-compose-generator/src/DockerComposeDefinition.cs and the dcg-latest branch
-    compose_version="2.23.3"
+    compose_version="2.40.3"
     if ! [[ -x "$(command -v docker-compose)" ]] || [[ "$(docker-compose version --short)" != "$compose_version" ]]; then
         if ! [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]] && $HAS_DOCKER; then
             echo "Trying to install docker-compose by using docker/compose-bin ($(uname -m))"