diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index d8c1e778748..6792fc83157 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -114,12 +114,12 @@ jobs:
           path: 'coverage/dspace-angular/lcov.info'
           retention-days: 14
 
-      # Using docker-compose start backend using CI configuration
+      # Using docker compose start backend using CI configuration
       # and load assetstore from a cached copy
       - name: Start DSpace REST Backend via Docker (for e2e tests)
         run: |
-          docker-compose -f ./docker/docker-compose-ci.yml up -d
-          docker-compose -f ./docker/cli.yml -f ./docker/cli.assetstore.yml run --rm dspace-cli
+          docker compose -f ./docker/docker-compose-ci.yml up -d
+          docker compose -f ./docker/cli.yml -f ./docker/cli.assetstore.yml run --rm dspace-cli
           docker container ls
 
       # Run integration tests via Cypress.io
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ jobs:
         run: kill -9 $(lsof -t -i:4000)
 
       - name: Shutdown Docker containers
-        run: docker-compose -f ./docker/docker-compose-ci.yml down
+        run: docker compose -f ./docker/docker-compose-ci.yml down
 
 #  # Codecov upload is a separate job in order to allow us to restart this separate from the entire build/test
 #  # job above. This is necessary because Codecov uploads seem to randomly fail at times.