diff --git a/.github/workflows/sonar.yml b/.github/workflows/sonar.yml
index b4d10f164..6884ec24f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sonar.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sonar.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
             -Dsonar.organization=bcgov-sonarcloud
             -Dsonar.projectKey=nr-forests-access-management_auth
             -Dsonar.python.coverage.reportPaths=*coverage*.xml
-            -Dsonar.python.version=3.8
+            -Dsonar.python.version=3.12
             -Dsonar.sources=.
             -Dsonar.tests=test
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
             -Dsonar.organization=bcgov-sonarcloud
             -Dsonar.projectKey=nr-forests-access-management_backend
             -Dsonar.python.coverage.reportPaths=*coverage*.xml
-            -Dsonar.python.version=3.8
+            -Dsonar.python.version=3.12
             -Dsonar.sources=api
             -Dsonar.tests=testspg
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
             -Dsonar.organization=bcgov-sonarcloud
             -Dsonar.projectKey=nr-forests-access-management_admin
             -Dsonar.python.coverage.reportPaths=*coverage*.xml
-            -Dsonar.python.version=3.8
+            -Dsonar.python.version=3.12
             -Dsonar.sources=api
             -Dsonar.tests=tests
 
diff --git a/docker-base-services.yml b/docker-base-services.yml
index 67b8e8f10..904c2bca4 100644
--- a/docker-base-services.yml
+++ b/docker-base-services.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #      These exceptions exist to avoid implicit dependencies; you always define volumes_from locally."
 #
 ---
-version: "3.8"
 services:
   fam-database:
     image: postgres:14.1-alpine
diff --git a/docker-compose-testcontainer.yml b/docker-compose-testcontainer.yml
index 6dc1d3636..bc9db8cfa 100644
--- a/docker-compose-testcontainer.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-testcontainer.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-version: "3.8"
 services:
   fam-database:
     extends:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 0d929fcc7..9482fced3 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ---
-version: "3.8"
 services:
   fam-database:
     extends: