diff --git a/pkg/rancher-desktop/assets/dependencies.yaml b/pkg/rancher-desktop/assets/dependencies.yaml
index 8371279b838..5d00905c9f4 100644
--- a/pkg/rancher-desktop/assets/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/pkg/rancher-desktop/assets/dependencies.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ kuberlr: 0.6.1
 helm: 4.0.4
 dockerCLI: 29.1.3
 dockerBuildx: 0.30.1
-dockerCompose: 2.40.3
+dockerCompose: 5.0.1
 golangci-lint: 2.8.0
 trivy: 0.68.2
 steve: 0.1.0-beta9.1