diff --git a/install/usr/share/swarmlab.io/sec/swarmlab-sec b/install/usr/share/swarmlab.io/sec/swarmlab-sec
index ec94596..9a14265 100755
--- a/install/usr/share/swarmlab.io/sec/swarmlab-sec
+++ b/install/usr/share/swarmlab.io/sec/swarmlab-sec
@@ -444,10 +444,10 @@ down_all ()
     printf "\\n\\n===> CLEAN UP SWARMLAB"
 
     printf "\\n%s\\n" "$HEADER"
-    echo "$ docker-compose down"
+    echo "$ docker compose down"
     printf "\\n"
 
-    docker-compose down
+    docker compose down
 }
 
 up_registry ()
@@ -455,12 +455,12 @@ up_registry ()
     printf "\\n\\n===> SPIN UP REGISTRY"
 
     printf "\\n%s\\n" "$HEADER"
-    echo "$ docker-compose up -d registry"
+    echo "$ docker compose up -d registry"
     printf "\\n"
 
     #docker stop swarmlab-registry || true && docker rm swarmlab-registry || true     # remove for microservices
     docker container prune --force
-    docker-compose up --no-recreate -d registry
+    docker compose up --no-recreate -d registry
 }
 
 generate_ssh_keys ()
@@ -495,18 +495,18 @@ up_master ()
 {
     printf "\\n\\n===> SPIN UP MASTER NODE"
     printf "\\n%s\\n" "$HEADER"
-    echo "$ docker-compose up -d masterservice"
+    echo "$ docker compose up -d masterservice"
     printf "\\n"
     echo "$ $IMAGE_local -d $IMAGE_origin"
     printf "\\n"
 
-    docker-compose rm -f -s -v 
-    docker-compose up --build --remove-orphans --force-recreate -d masterservice << ANSWERS
+    docker compose rm -f -s -v 
+    docker compose up --build --remove-orphans --force-recreate -d masterservice << ANSWERS
 yes
 yes
 yes
 ANSWERS
-    #docker-compose up   --force-recreate -d masterservice
+    #docker compose up   --force-recreate -d masterservice
 }
 
 
@@ -514,19 +514,19 @@ up_workers ()
 {
     printf "\\n\\n===> SPIN UP WORKER NODES"
     printf "\\n%s\\n" "$HEADER"
-    echo "$ docker-compose up -d worker"
+    echo "$ docker compose up -d worker"
     printf "\\n"
-    docker-compose rm -f -s -v 
-    docker-compose up --build --force-recreate --renew-anon-volumes --remove-orphans  -d workerservice
-    #docker-compose up   --force-recreate -d workerservice 
+    docker compose rm -f -s -v 
+    docker compose up --build --force-recreate --renew-anon-volumes --remove-orphans  -d workerservice
+    #docker compose up   --force-recreate -d workerservice 
 
     printf "\\n"
     printf "\\n%s\\n" "$HEADER"
 
     NUM_WORKER=$((SIZE - 1))
-    echo "$ docker-compose scale workerservice=$NUM_WORKER"
+    echo "$ docker compose scale workerservice=$NUM_WORKER"
     printf "\\n"
-    docker-compose scale workerservice=${NUM_WORKER}
+    docker compose scale workerservice=${NUM_WORKER}
 }
 
 down_master ()
@@ -534,34 +534,34 @@ down_master ()
     printf "\\n\\n===> TORN DOWN MASTER NODE"
     printf "\\n%s\\n" "$HEADER"
 
-    echo "$ docker-compose stop masterservice && docker-compose rm -f masterservice"
+    echo "$ docker compose stop masterservice && docker compose rm -f masterservice"
     printf "\\n"
-    docker-compose stop masterservice && docker-compose rm -f masterservice
+    docker compose stop masterservice && docker compose rm -f masterservice
 }
 
 down_workers ()
 {
     printf "\\n\\n===> TORN DOWN WORKER NODES"
     printf "\\n%s\\n" "$HEADER"
-    echo "$ docker-compose stop worker && docker-compose rm -f worker"
+    echo "$ docker compose stop worker && docker compose rm -f worker"
     printf "\\n"
-    docker-compose stop workerservice && docker-compose rm -f workerservice
+    docker compose stop workerservice && docker compose rm -f workerservice
 }
 
 list ()
 {
     printf "\\n\\n===> LIST CONTAINERS"
     printf "\\n%s\\n" "$HEADER"
-    echo "$ docker-compose ps"
+    echo "$ docker compose ps"
     printf "\\n"
-    docker-compose ps
+    docker compose ps
 }
 
 
 exec_on_mpi_master_container ()
 {
     # shellcheck disable=SC2046
-    docker exec -it -u $DOCKERuser $(docker-compose ps | grep 'masterservice'| awk 'NR==1{print $1}') "$@"
+    docker exec -it -u $DOCKERuser $(docker compose ps | grep 'masterservice'| awk 'NR==1{print $1}') "$@"
 }
 
 prompt_ready ()