diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 425f1d12..cb9715ee 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ jobs:
       - restore_cache:
           keys:
             - v1-docker-{{ .Branch }}
+      - run:
+          name: Install latest Docker and Docker Compose
+          command: |
+            mkdir -p $HOME/.docker/cli-plugins
+            curl -SL https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.10.2/docker-compose-linux-x86_64 -o $HOME/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
+            chmod +x $HOME/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
       - run:
           name: Load Docker layers cache
           command: |
@@ -25,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             python3 rename.py git
             cp -R ctfd/data/ tmp-ctfd/
-            docker-compose -f docker-compose-dev.yaml up -d --build
+            docker compose -f docker-compose-dev.yaml up -d --build
       - run:
           name: Save Docker layers cache
           command: |
@@ -71,6 +77,12 @@ jobs:
       - restore_cache:
           keys:
             - v1-docker-{{ .Branch }}
+      - run:
+          name: Install latest Docker and Docker Compose
+          command: |
+            mkdir -p $HOME/.docker/cli-plugins
+            curl -SL https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.10.2/docker-compose-linux-x86_64 -o $HOME/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
+            chmod +x $HOME/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose
       - run:
           name: Load Docker layers cache
           command: |
@@ -82,8 +94,8 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             python3 rename.py git
             cp -R ctfd/data/ tmp-ctfd/
-            docker-compose -f docker-compose-dev.yaml build --build-arg VERSION=$VERSION --build-arg COMMIT_SHA=$CIRCLE_SHA1
-            docker-compose -f docker-compose-dev.yaml up -d
+            docker compose -f docker-compose-dev.yaml build --build-arg VERSION=$VERSION --build-arg COMMIT_SHA=$CIRCLE_SHA1
+            docker compose -f docker-compose-dev.yaml up -d
       - run:
           name: Install testing dependencies
           command: |
@@ -107,12 +119,12 @@ jobs:
           name: Pytest
           command: |
             pipenv run python -m pytest tests/
-            docker-compose -f docker-compose-dev.yaml down
+            docker compose -f docker-compose-dev.yaml down
       - run:
           name: Push latest
           command: |
             docker login -u $DOCKER_USERNAME -p $DOCKER_PASSWORD
-            docker-compose -f docker-compose-dev.yaml push
+            docker compose -f docker-compose-dev.yaml push
       - run:
           name: Push version
           command: |
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f51ca2c6..66e4a1e8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,10 +48,21 @@ The images are configured to interconnect in a way that creates fully functional
 
 ## Download & Run
 **There's no need to clone the repository.**
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+Users of Docker Desktop already have the Docker Engine and Docker Compose installed, and can move on to installing cicd-goat.
+
+- [Docker Engine](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/) `19.03.0+`
+- [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/)
+
+Newer versions of Docker require users to install Docker Compose as a separate plugin: https://docs.docker.com/compose/cli-command-compatibility/
+
 ### Linux & Mac
 ```sh
-curl -o cicd-goat/docker-compose.yaml --create-dirs https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cider-security-research/cicd-goat/main/docker-compose.yaml
-cd cicd-goat && docker-compose up -d
+mkdir -p $HOME/cicd-goat
+curl -o /home/ubuntu/cicd-goat/docker-compose.yaml  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cider-security-research/cicd-goat/main/docker-compose.yaml
+cd cicd-goat && docker compose up -d
 ```
 
 ### Windows (Powershell)