diff --git a/usr/local/bin/docker_compose_update b/usr/local/bin/docker_compose_update
index cebd83a..b686fe0 100755
--- a/usr/local/bin/docker_compose_update
+++ b/usr/local/bin/docker_compose_update
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ The following are at least required for the script to work:
 - DOCKER_COMPOSE_UPDATE_IGNORES=("mailcow") // folder names which will be ignored and not be updated, at least () is required
 - DOCKER_COMPOSE_UPDATE_COMMANDS[aDirectoryName]="./callFancyScriptInDirectory" // use another command to update, multiple possible. 
 Example: accessor has to match the folder, e.g. <baseDir>/aDirectoryName will use command "./callFancyScriptInDirectory" when changing directory into it.
-- DOCKER_COMPOSE_UPDATE_COMMAND="sudo docker-compose down; sudo docker-compose pull; sudo docker-compose up -d;" // the default update command for deployments
+- DOCKER_COMPOSE_UPDATE_COMMAND="sudo docker compose down; sudo docker compose pull; sudo docker compose up -d;" // the default update command for deployments
 - DOCKER_COMPOSE_UPDATE_FAIL_ON_UPDATE_ERROR="false" // if set to true, script fails if at least one update procedure failed
 
 You can copy this script to '/usr/local/bin' and use create a custom CONFIG_FILE as user. Examples can be found in '/usr/share/doc/<scriptname>'.
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ source_config() {
 }
 apply_defaults() {
     [[ -z ${DOCKER_COMPOSE_UPDATE_IGNORES} ]] && DOCKER_COMPOSE_UPDATE_IGNORES=();
-	[[ -z ${DOCKER_COMPOSE_UPDATE_COMMAND} ]] && DOCKER_COMPOSE_UPDATE_COMMAND="docker-compose down; docker-compose pull; docker-compose up -d;"
+	[[ -z ${DOCKER_COMPOSE_UPDATE_COMMAND} ]] && DOCKER_COMPOSE_UPDATE_COMMAND="docker compose down; docker compose pull; docker compose up -d;"
 	[[ -z ${DOCKER_COMPOSE_UPDATE_FAIL_ON_UPDATE_ERROR} ]] && DOCKER_COMPOSE_UPDATE_FAIL_ON_UPDATE_ERROR="false";
 }
 check_required() {