diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index fd3e700c4..51d57ba21 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 perl-cache-paths: &perl-cache-paths
   paths:
     - ./local
@@ -29,14 +30,6 @@ commands:
           - apicast-cpanm-v2-{{ arch }}-{{ .Branch }}
           - apicast-cpanm-v2-{{ arch }}-master
 
-  install-docker-compose:
-    steps:
-      - run: |
-          curl -sLO https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/${DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION}/docker-compose-linux-x86_64
-          chmod +x docker-compose-linux-x86_64
-          mv docker-compose-linux-x86_64 /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
-          docker-compose version
-
   setup-docker:
     steps:
       - setup_remote_docker:
@@ -51,7 +44,6 @@ commands:
   setup-build-env:
     steps:
       - run: apk update && apk add wget make bash curl git openssh-client
-      - install-docker-compose
       - setup-docker
       - attach-workspace
 
@@ -106,10 +98,9 @@ executors:
   docker:
     working_directory: /opt/app-root/apicast
     docker:
-    - image: docker:stable
+    - image: docker:23.0.2-cli-alpine3.17
     environment:
       COMPOSE_TLS_VERSION: "TLSv1_2"
-      DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION: "v2.14.0"
 
   openresty:
     working_directory: /opt/app-root/apicast