diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 78ef6c1f6147e896d710deae2d8475397f56dbb8..ac503e0948bdf46b316c0a51dbba04b7b7ed1694 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ Check Ansible playbooks for syntax errors.
 ### `docker-compose`
 
 Validate the Docker Compose file using docker-compose config.
+Requires an install `docker-compose`.
+
+With previous versions of this repo, the `docker-compose` version from PyPI was
+installed as a dependency. However, at the time of writing, the package hasn't
+been updated in over 3 years. If you wish to still use the 1.x version from
+PyPI, add it in the `additional_dependencies` section of the hook.
 
 ### `terraform-fmt`
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index de3c388eb1b39210cefc725e71fc002ddc4933e6..e1443c5b211fa27a790ba445b90117ad3068a9df 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ setup(
     version=VERSION,
     install_requires=[
         "ansible>=4",
-        "docker-compose>=1.20",
         "poetry",
     ],
     entry_points={