diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 3348dc5f..320f6610 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ## Customize the test machine
 machine:
   post:
+      - pip install --upgrade docker-compose==1.8.0
       - npm install -g triton
       - echo '{"url":"https://eu-ams-1.api.joyent.com","account":"'$SDC_ACCOUNT'","keyId":"c3:30:35:9b:85:48:73:44:31:cc:4b:2e:6a:00:16:e2","name":"eu-ams-1","curr":true}' | triton profile create -f -