diff --git a/docs/apache-airflow/start/docker-compose.yaml b/docs/apache-airflow/start/docker-compose.yaml
index 0b8e0a344d94e..fec624f44a614 100644
--- a/docs/apache-airflow/start/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docs/apache-airflow/start/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #
 # Feel free to modify this file to suit your needs.
 ---
-version: '3'
+version: '2.4'
 x-airflow-common:
   &airflow-common
   image: ${AIRFLOW_IMAGE_NAME:-apache/airflow:|version|}