diff --git a/scripts/rcstack/rcstack b/scripts/rcstack/rcstack
index e9ba879..01ad7ef 100755
--- a/scripts/rcstack/rcstack
+++ b/scripts/rcstack/rcstack
@@ -3764,6 +3764,14 @@ rcstack_cli_docker_info_command() {
 # :command.function
 rcstack_cli_docker_upgrade_command() {
   # src/cli_docker_upgrade_command.sh
+  DOCKER_CONFIG=${DOCKER_CONFIG:-$HOME/.docker}
+  DOCKER_CLI_PLUGINS=$DOCKER_CONFIG/cli-plugins
+
+  if [[ -f "$DOCKER_CLI_PLUGINS/docker-compose" ]]; then
+    echo "found docker-compose at $DOCKER_CLI_PLUGINS, removing it now..."
+    rm -rf "$DOCKER_CLI_PLUGINS/docker-compose"
+  fi
+
   curl https://get.docker.com/ | sh
 
 }