diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3cee84ac8cfae..1ced5b283a3e2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Bump `actions/github-script` from 6 to 7 ([#11271](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/11271))
 - Bump `jackson` and `jackson_databind` from 2.15.2 to 2.16.0 ([#11273](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/11273))
 - Bump `netty` from 4.1.100.Final to 4.1.101.Final ([#11294](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/11294))
+- Bump `com.avast.gradle:gradle-docker-compose-plugin` from 0.16.12 to 0.17.5 ([#10163](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/10163))
 
 ### Changed
 - Mute the query profile IT with concurrent execution ([#9840](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/9840))
diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle b/buildSrc/build.gradle
index 6d3e0f018657e..4d2e02646cc33 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ dependencies {
   api 'org.jdom:jdom2:2.0.6.1'
   api "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:${props.getProperty('kotlin')}"
   api 'de.thetaphi:forbiddenapis:3.6'
-  api 'com.avast.gradle:gradle-docker-compose-plugin:0.16.12'
+  api 'com.avast.gradle:gradle-docker-compose-plugin:0.17.5'
   api "org.yaml:snakeyaml:${props.getProperty('snakeyaml')}"
   api 'org.apache.maven:maven-model:3.9.4'
   api 'com.networknt:json-schema-validator:1.0.86'
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testfixtures/TestFixturesPlugin.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testfixtures/TestFixturesPlugin.java
index 3aba941875115..c9e18426966f9 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testfixtures/TestFixturesPlugin.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/testfixtures/TestFixturesPlugin.java
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ public void execute(Task task) {
                 .findFirst();
 
             composeExtension.getExecutable().set(dockerCompose.isPresent() ? dockerCompose.get() : "/usr/bin/docker");
+            composeExtension.getUseDockerComposeV2().set(false);
 
             tasks.named("composeUp").configure(t -> {
                 // Avoid running docker-compose tasks in parallel in CI due to some issues on certain Linux distributions