This is how I did it, only way I know how: sudo mkdir -p /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins sudo curl -SL https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/latest/download/docker-compose-linux-$(uname -m) -o /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose sudo chmod +x /usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose

I looked around for a while before finally tracking this down.
It's here for anyone who finds themselves in the same boat.
The plugin was not installed along with docker. Here is a one-liner:

Edited:

sudo curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/latest/download/docker-compose-linux-$(uname -m) -o /usr/bin/docker-compose && sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/docker-compose && docker-compose --version 

You can start from the scratch on Amazon Linux ec2 instance for installing Docker by following the step:

Copysudo yum update -y 

sudo amazon-linux-extras install docker 

sudo yum install docker 

sudo service docker start 

sudo usermod -a -G docker ec2-user 

Then logout from the instance and login again to verify the installation of Docker

Copydocker info 

To install Docker-compose follow the below steps:

Copysudo curl -L https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/latest/download/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m) -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose

docker-compose version

`My EC2 VM currently has Docker version 25.0.5, build 5dc9bcc installed, but this version has a security flaw that has been patched in versions 27.1.1 and above.` Are you referring to CVE-2024-41110? Affected versions include `<= v25.0.5` and `<= v27.1.0` You can refer to Amazon Linux Security Center ALAS-2024-674 which mentions `AWS is aware of CVE-2024-41110, an issue affecting the Moby open source project, packaged in Amazon Linux as "docker". Docker is a component of several open source container management systems.` `Updated docker packages addressing the issue are available for Amazon Linux 2 (docker-20.10.25-1.amzn2.0.5 and docker-25.0.6-1.amzn2.0.1) and for Amazon Linux 2023 (docker-25.0.6-1amzn2023.0.1). AWS recommends that customers using docker upgrade to these or later versions. (CVE-2024-41110)` On my AL2023, docker 25.0.6 is installed ``` $ cat /etc/os-release | grep PRETTY PRETTY_NAME="Amazon Linux 2023.6.20241121" $ dnf info docker Installed Packages Name : docker Version : 25.0.6 Release : 1.amzn2023.0.2 Architecture : aarch64 Size : 150 M Source : docker-25.0.6-1.amzn2023.0.2.src.rpm Repository : @System From repo : amazonlinux Summary : Automates deployment of containerized applications URL : http://www.docker.com License : ASL 2.0 and MIT and BSD and MPLv2.0 and WTFPL Description : Docker is an open-source engine that automates the deployment of any : application as a lightweight, portable, self-sufficient container that will : run virtually anywhere. : : Docker containers can encapsulate any payload, and will run consistently on : and between virtually any server. The same container that a developer builds : and tests on a laptop will run at scale, in production*, on VMs, bare-metal : servers, OpenStack clusters, public instances, or combinations of the above. ```