diff --git a/images/base/Dockerfile.ubuntu b/images/base/Dockerfile.ubuntu
index b71a202..fe32706 100644
--- a/images/base/Dockerfile.ubuntu
+++ b/images/base/Dockerfile.ubuntu
@@ -41,9 +41,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 # Enables Docker starting with systemd
 RUN systemctl enable docker
 
-# Add docker-compose
-RUN curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.16.0/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
-RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
+# Create a symlink for standalone docker-compose usage
+RUN ln -s /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose /usr/bin/docker-compose
 
 # Make typing unicode characters in the terminal work.
 ENV LANG en_US.UTF-8