diff --git a/ballerina-tests/build.gradle b/ballerina-tests/build.gradle
index 17f37b90d9..439a60c2eb 100644
--- a/ballerina-tests/build.gradle
+++ b/ballerina-tests/build.gradle
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ task startLdapServer() {
             if (!stdOut.toString().contains("openldap-server")) {
                 println "Starting LDAP server."
                 exec {
-                    commandLine 'sh', '-c', "docker-compose -f $project.projectDir/resources/openldap/docker-compose.yml up -d"
+                    commandLine 'sh', '-c', "docker compose -f $project.projectDir/resources/openldap/compose.yml up -d"
                     standardOutput = stdOut
                 }
                 println stdOut.toString()
diff --git a/ballerina-tests/resources/openldap/docker-compose.yml b/ballerina-tests/resources/openldap/compose.yml
similarity index 97%
rename from ballerina-tests/resources/openldap/docker-compose.yml
rename to ballerina-tests/resources/openldap/compose.yml
index 63d25ce840..23599088b2 100644
--- a/ballerina-tests/resources/openldap/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/ballerina-tests/resources/openldap/compose.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.7'
 services:
     ldap_server:
         image: osixia/openldap:1.3.0