# Docker Compose v5.1.0

- Product: Docker Compose (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/docker-compose)
- Vendor: Docker
- Date: 2026-02-24
- Version: v5.1.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/tag/v5.1.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/docker-compose/releases/v5.1.0

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- **fixed** — Emit container status events after network reconnection
- **fixed** — Fix potential nil pointer dereference in container event monitoring
- **fixed** — Recreate container when mounted image digest changes
- **fixed** — Fix panic in compose operations
- **fixed** — Fix invalid path error when using OCI artifacts on Windows
- **fixed** — Execute post_start hooks in docker compose run
- **fixed** — Fix panic when watch rebuilds without up
- **changed** — Update Go to 1.25.7
- **changed** — Migrate to moby modules

##### What's Changed

###### 🐛 Fixes
* emit container status events after network reconnection (fixes #13524) by @MaheshThakur9152 in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13529
* Fix potential nil pointer dereference in container event monitoring by @Nepomuk5665 in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13551
* compose: recreate container when mounted image digest changes by @ibrahimypr in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13549
* fix panic by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13562
* Fix invalid path error when using OCI artifacts on Windows by @mikesir87 in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13574
* fix: execute post_start hooks in docker compose run by @veeceey in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13607
* Fix panic when watch rebuilds without up by @maxproske in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13610

###### 🔧  Internal
* fsnotify is set in Dockerfile by @ndeloof in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13533
* Dockerfile: update golangci-lint to v2.8.0 by @thaJeztah in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13535
* replace some uses of strings.Split(N) for strings.Cut by @thaJeztah in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13542
* Upgrade GitHub Actions to latest versions by @salmanmkc in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13546
* pkg/compose: remove dependency on github.com/docker/buildx/driver by @thaJeztah in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13563
* use Docker GitHub Builder to build and sign binaries and bin image by @crazy-max in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13568
* ci: fix bin-image job by @crazy-max in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13569
* pkg/compose: defaultNetworkSettings: refactor by @thaJeztah in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13580
* pkg/compose: un-export consts by @thaJeztah in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13584
* modernize some code by @thaJeztah in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13588

###### ⚙️ Dependencies
* update to go1.25.7 by @thaJeztah in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13573
* build(deps): bump golang.org/x/sys from 0.40.0 to 0.41.0 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13578
* build(deps): bump go.yaml.in/yaml/v4 from 4.0.0-rc.3 to 4.0.0-rc.4 by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13541
* migrate to moby modules by @thaJeztah in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13078

##### New Contributors
* @MaheshThakur9152 made their first contribution in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13529
* @salmanmkc made their first contribution in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13546
* @Nepomuk5665 made their first contribution in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13551
* @ibrahimypr made their first contribution in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13549
* @veeceey made their first contribution in https://github.com/docker/compose/pull/13607

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/docker/compose/compare/v5.0.2...v5.1.0