diff --git a/docker-compose-non-dev.yml b/docker-compose-non-dev.yml
index 1739486e596da..637023acde1b5 100644
--- a/docker-compose-non-dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-non-dev.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-x-superset-image: &superset-image apache/superset:latest-dev
+x-superset-image: &superset-image apache/superset:${TAG:-latest-dev}
 x-superset-depends-on: &superset-depends-on
   - db
   - redis
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 97d6594ab4141..308039f7e997b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-x-superset-image: &superset-image apache/superset:latest-dev
+x-superset-image: &superset-image apache/superset:${TAG:-latest-dev}
 x-superset-user: &superset-user root
 x-superset-depends-on: &superset-depends-on
   - db
diff --git a/docs/src/pages/docs/installation/index.mdx b/docs/src/pages/docs/installation/index.mdx
index 508fa27d14fec..b4b6cefe94d38 100644
--- a/docs/src/pages/docs/installation/index.mdx
+++ b/docs/src/pages/docs/installation/index.mdx
@@ -60,12 +60,23 @@ Navigate to the folder you created in step 1:
 $ cd superset
 ```
 
-Then, run the following command:
+Then, run the following commands:
 
 ```bash
+$ docker-compose -f docker-compose-non-dev.yml pull
 $ docker-compose -f docker-compose-non-dev.yml up
 ```
 
+Alternatively, you can also run a specific version of Superset by first checking out
+the branch/tag, and then starting `docker-compose` with the `TAG` variable.
+For example, to run the 1.4.2 version, run the following commands:
+
+```bash
+% git checkout 1.4.2
+$ TAG=1.4.0 docker-compose -f docker-compose-non-dev.yml pull
+$ TAG=1.4.0 docker-compose -f docker-compose-non-dev.yml up
+```
+
 You should see a wall of logging output from the containers being launched on your machine. Once
 this output slows, you should have a running instance of Superset on your local machine!