diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e31a21b2..f52e1f76 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The following pipeline will run `test.sh` inside a `app` service container using
 steps:
   - command: test.sh
     plugins:
-      docker-compose#v1.7.0:
+      docker-compose#v1.8.0:
         run: app
 ```
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ through if you need:
 steps:
   - command: test.sh
     plugins:
-      docker-compose#v1.7.0:
+      docker-compose#v1.8.0:
         run: app
         config: docker-compose.tests.yml
         env:
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ or multiple config files:
 steps:
   - command: test.sh
     plugins:
-      docker-compose#v1.7.0:
+      docker-compose#v1.8.0:
         run: app
         config:
           - docker-compose.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ steps:
   - command: generate-dist.sh
     artifact_paths: "dist/*"
     plugins:
-      docker-compose#v1.7.0:
+      docker-compose#v1.8.0:
         run: app
 ```
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ this plugin offers a `environment` block of it's own:
 steps:
   - command: generate-dist.sh
     plugins:
-      docker-compose#v1.7.0:
+      docker-compose#v1.8.0:
         run: app
         env:
           - BUILDKITE_BUILD_NUMBER
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ To speed up run parallel steps you can add a pre-building step to your pipeline,
 steps:
   - name: ":docker: Build"
     plugins:
-      docker-compose#v1.7.0:
+      docker-compose#v1.8.0:
         build: app
 
   - wait
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ steps:
     command: test.sh
     parallelism: 25
     plugins:
-      docker-compose#v1.7.0:
+      docker-compose#v1.8.0:
         run: app
 ```
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ steps:
     agents:
       queue: docker-builder
     plugins:
-      docker-compose#v1.7.0:
+      docker-compose#v1.8.0:
         build: app
         image-repository: index.docker.io/org/repo
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ steps:
     agents:
       queue: docker-runner
     plugins:
-      docker-compose#v1.7.0:
+      docker-compose#v1.8.0:
         run: app
 ```
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ steps:
     agents:
       queue: docker-builder
     plugins:
-      docker-compose#v1.7.0:
+      docker-compose#v1.8.0:
         build:
           - app
           - tests
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ steps:
     command: test.sh
     parallelism: 25
     plugins:
-      docker-compose#v1.7.0:
+      docker-compose#v1.8.0:
         run: tests
 ```
 
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ Prebuilt images are automatically pushed with a `build` step, but often you want
 steps:
   - name: ":docker: Push to final repository"
     plugins:
-      docker-compose#v1.7.0:
+      docker-compose#v1.8.0:
         push:
         - app:index.docker.io/org/repo/myapp
         - app:index.docker.io/org/repo/myapp:latest
@@ -187,13 +187,13 @@ A newly spawned agent won't contain any of the docker caches for the first run w
 steps:
   - name: ":docker Build an image"
     plugins:
-      docker-compose#v1.7.0:
+      docker-compose#v1.8.0:
         build: app
         image-repository: index.docker.io/org/repo
         cache-from: app:index.docker.io/org/repo/myapp:latest
   - name: ":docker: Push to final repository"
     plugins:
-      docker-compose#v1.7.0:
+      docker-compose#v1.8.0:
         push:
         - app:index.docker.io/org/repo/myapp
         - app:index.docker.io/org/repo/myapp:latest