diff --git a/contrib/docker/README.md b/contrib/docker/README.md
index 624dca747a..87354b9bc3 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/README.md
+++ b/contrib/docker/README.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ docker run \
     --name synapse \
     -v ${DATA_PATH}:/data \
     -e SYNAPSE_SERVER_NAME=my.matrix.host \
-    matrixdotorg/synapse:v0.22.1
+    matrixdotorg/synapse:latest
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/contrib/docker/docker-compose.yml b/contrib/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 727743effa..3fb156db47 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/contrib/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ version: '3'
 services:
 
   synapse:
-    image: synapse
+    image: matrixdotorg/synapse:latest
     # Since snyapse does not retry to connect to the database, restart upon
     # failure
     restart: unless-stopped