diff --git a/devscripts/validation/docker_compose.py b/devscripts/validation/docker_compose.py
index 9ece610ba..a04bacd5a 100644
--- a/devscripts/validation/docker_compose.py
+++ b/devscripts/validation/docker_compose.py
@@ -260,6 +260,10 @@ def validate_endpoints(base_url: str, verify: Optional[str] = None):
     resp = requests.get(f"{base_url}/static/admin/css/base.css", verify=verify, timeout=10)
     resp.raise_for_status()
 
+    # Test (principal) ACME connection
+    resp = requests.get(f"{base_url}/acme/directory/", verify=verify, timeout=10)
+    resp.raise_for_status()
+
 
 def test_tutorial(release: str) -> int:  # pylint: disable=too-many-locals  # noqa: PLR0915
     """Validate the docker compose quickstart tutorial."""
diff --git a/docs/source/include/quickstart_with_docker_compose/setup-cas.yaml b/docs/source/include/quickstart_with_docker_compose/setup-cas.yaml
index 4a47638fa..e0b2bc2a1 100644
--- a/docs/source/include/quickstart_with_docker_compose/setup-cas.yaml
+++ b/docs/source/include/quickstart_with_docker_compose/setup-cas.yaml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ commands:
     - command: docker compose exec backend manage createsuperuser
       run: docker compose exec backend manage shell -c "from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model; User = get_user_model(); User.objects.create_superuser('user', 'user@example.com', 'nopass')"
     - command: docker compose exec backend manage init_ca --path-length=1 Root CN=Root
-    - command: docker compose exec backend manage init_ca --path=ca/shared/ --parent=Root Intermediate CN=Intermediate
+    - command: docker compose exec backend manage init_ca --path=ca/shared/ --parent=Root --acme-enable Intermediate CN=Intermediate