diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index ed2f0c3367..3168670d38 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ x-environment:
   NODE_ENV: 'development'
   DEV_ENV: 'True'  # necessary to have nginx connect to web container
   SECRET_KEY: local_unsafe_key
-  DATABASE_URL: postgres://postgres:postgres@db:5432/postgres
+  DATABASE_URL: postgres://postgres:postgres@db:5432/postgres # pragma: allowlist secret
   MITX_ONLINE_BASE_URL: ${MITX_ONLINE_BASE_URL:-http://mitxonline.odl.local:8013}
   MITX_ONLINE_SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT: 'False'
   MITX_ONLINE_DB_DISABLE_SSL: 'True'