> **Important**
>
> From July 2023 Compose V1 stopped receiving updates. It's also no longer available in new releases of Docker Desktop.
>
> Compose V2 is included with all currently supported versions of Docker Desktop. 
> For more information, see [Migrate to Compose V2](/compose/migrate).
>
> Docker's documentation refers to and describes Compose V2 functionality. 
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