diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 46b3fc7852ebc..f61cda54681bd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Bump `org.codehaus.woodstox:stax2-api` from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 ([#10639](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/10639))
 - Bump `com.google.http-client:google-http-client` from 1.43.2 to 1.43.3 ([#10635](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/10635))
 - Bump `com.squareup.okio:okio` from 3.5.0 to 3.6.0 ([#10637](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/10637))
+- Bump `com.avast.gradle:gradle-docker-compose-plugin` from 0.16.12 to 0.17.5 ([#10163](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/10163))
 
 ### Changed
 - Mute the query profile IT with concurrent execution ([#9840](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/9840))
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testfixtures/TestFixturesPlugin.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testfixtures/TestFixturesPlugin.java
index 3aba941875115..c9e18426966f9 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testfixtures/TestFixturesPlugin.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testfixtures/TestFixturesPlugin.java
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ public void execute(Task task) {
                 .findFirst();
 
             composeExtension.getExecutable().set(dockerCompose.isPresent() ? dockerCompose.get() : "/usr/bin/docker");
+            composeExtension.getUseDockerComposeV2().set(false);
 
             tasks.named("composeUp").configure(t -> {
                 // Avoid running docker-compose tasks in parallel in CI due to some issues on certain Linux distributions