diff --git a/pkg/rancher-desktop/assets/dependencies.yaml b/pkg/rancher-desktop/assets/dependencies.yaml
index 5ee9953a99f..0c78387cfe0 100644
--- a/pkg/rancher-desktop/assets/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/pkg/rancher-desktop/assets/dependencies.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ kuberlr: 0.6.1
 helm: 3.19.0
 dockerCLI: 28.4.0
 dockerBuildx: 0.29.0
-dockerCompose: 2.39.4
+dockerCompose: 2.40.0
 golangci-lint: 2.5.0
 trivy: 0.67.0
 steve: 0.1.0-beta9