diff --git a/docker-compose-non-dev.yml b/docker-compose-non-dev.yml
index 84bbc3b7a8e5a..934349667709a 100644
--- a/docker-compose-non-dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-non-dev.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-x-superset-image: &superset-image apache/superset:latest-dev
+x-superset-image: &superset-image apache/superset:${TAG:-latest-dev}
 x-superset-depends-on: &superset-depends-on
   - db
   - redis
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 3131d2384a761..b7bf745ad6ff6 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 #
-x-superset-image: &superset-image apache/superset:latest-dev
+x-superset-image: &superset-image apache/superset:${TAG:-latest-dev}
 x-superset-user: &superset-user root
 x-superset-depends-on: &superset-depends-on
   - db
diff --git a/docs-v2/docs/connecting-to-databases/docker-add-drivers.mdx b/docs-v2/docs/connecting-to-databases/docker-add-drivers.mdx
index 87036235beaca..725a6e671c5b8 100644
--- a/docs-v2/docs/connecting-to-databases/docker-add-drivers.mdx
+++ b/docs-v2/docs/connecting-to-databases/docker-add-drivers.mdx
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ docker-compose up
 The other option is to start Superset via Docker Compose is using the recipe in `docker-compose-non-dev.yml`, which will use pre-built frontend assets and skip the building of front-end assets:
 
 ```
+docker-compose -f docker-compose-non-dev.yml pull
 docker-compose -f docker-compose-non-dev.yml up
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs-v2/docs/installation/installing-superset-using-docker-compose.mdx b/docs-v2/docs/installation/installing-superset-using-docker-compose.mdx
index d745a38b8f8b4..4d7056a165d8b 100644
--- a/docs-v2/docs/installation/installing-superset-using-docker-compose.mdx
+++ b/docs-v2/docs/installation/installing-superset-using-docker-compose.mdx
@@ -58,12 +58,23 @@ Navigate to the folder you created in step 1:
 $ cd superset
 ```
 
-Then, run the following command:
+When working on master branch, run the following commands:
 
 ```bash
+$ docker-compose -f docker-compose-non-dev.yml pull
 $ docker-compose -f docker-compose-non-dev.yml up
 ```
 
+Alternatively, you can also run a specific version of Superset by first checking out
+the branch/tag, and then starting `docker-compose` with the `TAG` variable.
+For example, to run the 1.4.0 version, run the following commands:
+
+```bash
+% git checkout 1.4.0
+$ TAG=1.4.0 docker-compose -f docker-compose-non-dev.yml pull
+$ TAG=1.4.0 docker-compose -f docker-compose-non-dev.yml up
+```
+
 You should see a wall of logging output from the containers being launched on your machine. Once
 this output slows, you should have a running instance of Superset on your local machine!
 
diff --git a/docs/src/pages/docs/installation/index.mdx b/docs/src/pages/docs/installation/index.mdx
index 83ae7ca808054..50c547ff03282 100644
--- a/docs/src/pages/docs/installation/index.mdx
+++ b/docs/src/pages/docs/installation/index.mdx
@@ -64,10 +64,17 @@ Then, run the following commands:
 
 ```bash
 $ docker-compose -f docker-compose-non-dev.yml pull
+$ docker-compose -f docker-compose-non-dev.yml up
 ```
 
+Alternatively, you can also run a specific version of Superset by first checking out
+the branch/tag, and then starting `docker-compose` with the `TAG` variable.
+For example, to run the 1.4.0 version, run the following commands:
+
 ```bash
-$ docker-compose -f docker-compose-non-dev.yml up
+% git checkout 1.4.0
+$ TAG=1.4.0 docker-compose -f docker-compose-non-dev.yml pull
+$ TAG=1.4.0 docker-compose -f docker-compose-non-dev.yml up
 ```
 
 You should see a wall of logging output from the containers being launched on your machine. Once