diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 748c4f34cf3..b6215dce837 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,13 @@ COPY ./build/package/ /tmp
 
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 # hadolint ignore=DL3005,DL3008
-RUN echo "dokku dokku/hostname string $DOKKU_HOSTNAME" | debconf-set-selections \
+RUN mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings \
+  && mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings \
+  && curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg \
+  && echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null \
+  && apt-get update \
+  && apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose-plugin \
+  && echo "dokku dokku/hostname string $DOKKU_HOSTNAME" | debconf-set-selections \
   && echo "dokku dokku/skip_key_file boolean $DOKKU_SKIP_KEY_FILE" | debconf-set-selections \
   && echo "dokku dokku/vhost_enable boolean $DOKKU_VHOST_ENABLE" | debconf-set-selections \
   && curl -sSL https://packagecloud.io/dokku/dokku/gpgkey | apt-key add - \
diff --git a/contrib/build-dokku.Dockerfile b/contrib/build-dokku.Dockerfile
index 89c0042b81d..3de8a3178f7 100644
--- a/contrib/build-dokku.Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/build-dokku.Dockerfile
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ RUN command -v fpm >/dev/null || sudo gem install fpm --no-ri --no-rdoc
 
 ARG GOLANG_VERSION
 
-RUN wget -qO /tmp/go${GOLANG_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${GOLANG_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz \
-  && tar -C /usr/local -xzf /tmp/go${GOLANG_VERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz \
+RUN wget -qO /tmp/go${GOLANG_VERSION}.linux.tar.gz "https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go${GOLANG_VERSION}.linux-$(dpkg --print-architecture).tar.gz" \
+  && tar -C /usr/local -xzf /tmp/go${GOLANG_VERSION}.linux.tar.gz \
   && cp /usr/local/go/bin/* /usr/local/bin
 
 ARG WORKDIR=/go/src/github.com/dokku/dokku
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index dd9f1f2ffd0..43a6e22d2a5 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Version: 0.28.4
 Section: web
 Priority: optional
 Architecture: amd64
-Depends: apache2-utils, locales, git, cpio, curl, man-db, netcat, sshcommand (>= 0.12.0), docker-engine-cs (>= 17.05.0) | docker-engine (>= 17.05.0) | docker-io (>= 17.05.0) | docker.io (>= 17.05.0) | docker-ce (>= 17.05.0) | docker-ee (>= 17.05.0) | moby-engine, docker-image-labeler (>= 0.2.2), lambda-builder, net-tools, netrc, software-properties-common, parallel, procfile-util (>= 0.11.0), python-software-properties | python3-software-properties, rsync, rsyslog, dos2unix, jq, unzip
+Depends: apache2-utils, locales, git, cpio, curl, man-db, netcat, sshcommand (>= 0.12.0), docker-engine-cs (>= 17.05.0) | docker-engine (>= 17.05.0) | docker-io (>= 17.05.0) | docker.io (>= 17.05.0) | docker-ce (>= 17.05.0) | docker-ee (>= 17.05.0) | moby-engine, docker-compose-plugin | moby-compose, docker-image-labeler (>= 0.2.2), lambda-builder, net-tools, netrc, software-properties-common, parallel, procfile-util (>= 0.11.0), python-software-properties | python3-software-properties, rsync, rsyslog, dos2unix, jq, unzip
 Recommends: herokuish (>= 0.3.4), bash-completion, dokku-update, dokku-event-listener
 Pre-Depends: gliderlabs-sigil, nginx (>= 1.8.0) | openresty, dnsutils, cgroupfs-mount | cgroup-lite, plugn (>= 0.3.0), sudo, python3, debconf
 Maintainer: Jose Diaz-Gonzalez <dokku@josediazgonzalez.com>
diff --git a/docs/networking/proxies/caddy.md b/docs/networking/proxies/caddy.md
index 672aa93c259..0eaf00eb6ba 100644
--- a/docs/networking/proxies/caddy.md
+++ b/docs/networking/proxies/caddy.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ caddy:stop                               # Stops the caddy server
 
 ## Requirements
 
-Using the `caddy` plugin integration requires the `docker-compose-plugin` for Docker. See [this document](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/compose-plugin/) from the Docker documentation for more information on the installation process for the `docker-compose-plugin`.
+Using the `caddy` plugin integration requires the `docker-compose-plugin` for Docker. See [this document](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/) from the Docker documentation for more information on the installation process for the `docker-compose-plugin`.
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/docs/networking/proxies/traefik.md b/docs/networking/proxies/traefik.md
index 0ee731bd862..486c0b29945 100644
--- a/docs/networking/proxies/traefik.md
+++ b/docs/networking/proxies/traefik.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ traefik:stop                             # Stops the traefik server
 
 ## Requirements
 
-Using the `traefik` plugin integration requires the `docker-compose-plugin` for Docker. See [this document](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/compose-plugin/) from the Docker documentation for more information on the installation process for the `docker-compose-plugin`.
+Using the `traefik` plugin integration requires the `docker-compose-plugin` for Docker. See [this document](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/) from the Docker documentation for more information on the installation process for the `docker-compose-plugin`.
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/plugins/caddy-vhosts/command-functions b/plugins/caddy-vhosts/command-functions
index 9e4347da5af..d7409da1e91 100755
--- a/plugins/caddy-vhosts/command-functions
+++ b/plugins/caddy-vhosts/command-functions
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ cmd-caddy-show-config() {
   declare cmd="caddy:show-config"
   [[ "$1" == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
 
+  if ! fn-is-compose-installed; then
+    dokku_log_fail "Required docker compose plugin is not installed"
+  fi
+
   local TMP_COMPOSE_FILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/dokku-${DOKKU_PID}-${FUNCNAME[0]}.XXXXXX")
   trap "rm -rf '$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE' >/dev/null" RETURN INT TERM EXIT
 
@@ -120,6 +124,10 @@ cmd-caddy-start() {
   declare cmd="caddy:start"
   [[ "$1" == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
 
+  if ! fn-is-compose-installed; then
+    dokku_log_fail "Required docker compose plugin is not installed"
+  fi
+
   local TMP_COMPOSE_FILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/dokku-${DOKKU_PID}-${FUNCNAME[0]}.XXXXXX")
   trap "rm -rf '$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE' >/dev/null" RETURN INT TERM EXIT
 
@@ -132,6 +140,10 @@ cmd-caddy-stop() {
   declare cmd="caddy:start"
   [[ "$1" == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
 
+  if ! fn-is-compose-installed; then
+    dokku_log_fail "Required docker compose plugin is not installed"
+  fi
+
   local TMP_COMPOSE_FILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/dokku-${DOKKU_PID}-${FUNCNAME[0]}.XXXXXX")
   trap "rm -rf '$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE' >/dev/null" RETURN INT TERM EXIT
 
diff --git a/plugins/common/functions b/plugins/common/functions
index e2abf8bbff2..1261774a65d 100755
--- a/plugins/common/functions
+++ b/plugins/common/functions
@@ -399,6 +399,18 @@ get_docker_version() {
   echo "$CLIENT_VERSION_STRING"
 }
 
+fn-is-compose-installed() {
+  declare desc="check if the compose docker plugin is installed"
+  local COMPOSE_INSTALLED
+  COMPOSE_INSTALLED="$(docker info -f '{{range .ClientInfo.Plugins}}{{if eq .Name "compose"}}true{{end}}{{end}}')"
+
+  if [[ "$COMPOSE_INSTALLED" == "true" ]]; then
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  return 1
+}
+
 is_number() {
   declare desc="returns 0 if input is a number"
   local NUMBER=$1
diff --git a/plugins/traefik-vhosts/command-functions b/plugins/traefik-vhosts/command-functions
index 423256a5c16..1df4b90c832 100755
--- a/plugins/traefik-vhosts/command-functions
+++ b/plugins/traefik-vhosts/command-functions
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ cmd-traefik-show-config() {
   declare cmd="traefik:show-config"
   [[ "$1" == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
 
+  if ! fn-is-compose-installed; then
+    dokku_log_fail "Required docker compose plugin is not installed"
+  fi
+
   local TMP_COMPOSE_FILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/dokku-${DOKKU_PID}-${FUNCNAME[0]}.XXXXXX")
   trap "rm -rf '$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE' >/dev/null" RETURN INT TERM EXIT
 
@@ -123,6 +127,10 @@ cmd-traefik-start() {
   declare cmd="traefik:start"
   [[ "$1" == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
 
+  if ! fn-is-compose-installed; then
+    dokku_log_fail "Required docker compose plugin is not installed"
+  fi
+
   local TMP_COMPOSE_FILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/dokku-${DOKKU_PID}-${FUNCNAME[0]}.XXXXXX")
   trap "rm -rf '$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE' >/dev/null" RETURN INT TERM EXIT
 
@@ -137,6 +145,10 @@ cmd-traefik-stop() {
   declare cmd="traefik:start"
   [[ "$1" == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
 
+  if ! fn-is-compose-installed; then
+    dokku_log_fail "Required docker compose plugin is not installed"
+  fi
+
   local TMP_COMPOSE_FILE=$(mktemp "/tmp/dokku-${DOKKU_PID}-${FUNCNAME[0]}.XXXXXX")
   trap "rm -rf '$TMP_COMPOSE_FILE' >/dev/null" RETURN INT TERM EXIT