diff --git a/docs/third_party-portainer.md b/docs/third_party-portainer.md
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--- a/docs/third_party-portainer.md
+++ b/docs/third_party-portainer.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ In order to enable Portainer, the docker-compose.yml and site.conf for Nginx mus
 
 1\. Create a new file `docker-compose.override.yml` in the mailcow-dockerized root folder and insert the following configuration
 ```
+version: '2.1'
+services:
     portainer-mailcow:
       image: portainer/portainer
       volumes: