diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9aa4fe7c2..96d38585d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -797,27 +797,28 @@ docker-push: docker-push-base docker-push-manager docker-push-worker  ## push al
 
 # if compose up fails, print the logs and force stop
 # if compose up succeeds, query weaver to get frontpage response
+DOCKER_COMPOSE_CMD ?= docker compose
 DOCKER_TEST_COMPOSES := -f "$(APP_ROOT)/tests/smoke/docker-compose.smoke-test.yml"
 DOCKER_TEST_EXEC_ARGS ?=
 .PHONY: docker-test
 docker-test: docker-build stop	## execute smoke test of the built images (validate that they boots and reply)
 	@echo "Smoke test of built application docker images"
-	docker-compose $(DOCKER_TEST_COMPOSES) up -d
+	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_CMD) $(DOCKER_TEST_COMPOSES) up -d
 	sleep 10  ## leave some time to boot
 	@echo "Pinging Weaver API entrypoint to validate response..."
 	@curl localhost:4001 | grep "Weaver Information" || \
-		( docker-compose $(DOCKER_TEST_COMPOSES) logs weaver worker || true && \
-		  docker-compose $(DOCKER_TEST_COMPOSES) stop; exit 1 )
-	docker-compose $(DOCKER_TEST_COMPOSES) exec $(DOCKER_TEST_EXEC_ARGS) weaver bash /tests/run_tests.sh
-	docker-compose $(DOCKER_TEST_COMPOSES) stop
+		( $(DOCKER_COMPOSE_CMD) $(DOCKER_TEST_COMPOSES) logs weaver worker || true && \
+		  $(DOCKER_COMPOSE_CMD) $(DOCKER_TEST_COMPOSES) stop; exit 1 )
+	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_CMD) $(DOCKER_TEST_COMPOSES) exec $(DOCKER_TEST_EXEC_ARGS) weaver bash /tests/run_tests.sh
+	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_CMD) $(DOCKER_TEST_COMPOSES) stop
 
 .PHONY: docker-stat
 docker-stat:  ## query docker-compose images status (from 'docker-test')
-	docker-compose $(DOCKER_TEST_COMPOSES) ps
+	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_CMD) $(DOCKER_TEST_COMPOSES) ps
 
 .PHONY: docker-clean
 docker-clean:  ## remove all built docker images (only matching current/latest versions)
-	docker-compose $(DOCKER_TEST_COMPOSES) down || true
+	$(DOCKER_COMPOSE_CMD) $(DOCKER_TEST_COMPOSES) down || true
 	docker rmi -f "$(DOCKER_REPO):$(APP_VERSION)-manager" || true
 	docker rmi -f "$(DOCKER_REPO):latest-manager" || true
 	docker rmi -f "$(APP_NAME):$(APP_VERSION)-manager" || true
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index aef1a12bf..f2b7c6b0e 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ mock<4
 moto>=4.0.8
 mypy
 parameterized
+path!=16.12.0,!=17.0.0  # patch pytest-shutil (https://github.com/man-group/pytest-plugins/issues/224)
 pluggy>=0.7
 # FIXME: bad interpolation of 'setup.cfg' for pytest 'log_format' (https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/10019)
 pytest<7