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 Here’s an example `docker-compose.yml` to spin up **paperless-gpt** alongside paperless-ngx:
 
 ```yaml
-version: "3.7"
 services:
   paperless-ngx:
     image: ghcr.io/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx:latest