There are several versions of the Compose file format – 1, 2, 2.1 and 3. For
details on versions and how to upgrade, see
[Versioning](compose-versioning.md#versioning) and
[Upgrading](compose-versioning.md#upgrading).

This table shows which Compose file versions support specific Docker releases.

| **Compose file format** | **Docker Engine release** |
|  -------------------    |    ------------------     |
|      3.0 ; 3.1          |       1.13.0+             |
|      2.1                |       1.12.0+             |
|      2.0                |       1.10.0+             |
|      1.0                |       1.9.1.+             |