diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index cf50538c..7f1702fd 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 AND CC-BY-4.0)
 # Code is Apache-2.0 and docs are CC-BY-4.0
 
-version: '2.1'
+version: '2.3'
 
 services:
   # Build: docker-compose build -d bigchaindb
   # Run: docker-compose run -d bdb
   mongodb:
-    image: mongo:3.6
+    image: mongo:3.7
     ports:
       - "27017:27017"
     command: mongod