diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index 8d2d98ad62..29ee7f26eb 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ REF                ?= HEAD
 DOCKER_CLI_REF     ?= $(REF)
 DOCKER_ENGINE_REF  ?= $(REF)
 DOCKER_SCAN_REF    ?= v0.17.0
-DOCKER_COMPOSE_REF ?= v2.7.0
+DOCKER_COMPOSE_REF ?= v2.9.0
 DOCKER_BUILDX_REF  ?= v0.8.2
 
 # Use "stage" to install dependencies from download-stage.docker.com during the