diff --git a/cmd/compose/remove.go b/cmd/compose/remove.go
index b4b61d580..8f0bbd21f 100644
--- a/cmd/compose/remove.go
+++ b/cmd/compose/remove.go
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ Any data which is not in a volume will be lost.`,
 }
 
 func runRemove(ctx context.Context, backend api.Service, opts removeOptions, services []string) error {
-	project, err := opts.toProject(services)
+	project, err := opts.toProjectName()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	if opts.stop {
-		err := backend.Stop(ctx, project.Name, api.StopOptions{
+		err := backend.Stop(ctx, project, api.StopOptions{
 			Services: services,
 		})
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/api/api.go b/pkg/api/api.go
index 2c9e26802..a44be6f82 100644
--- a/pkg/api/api.go
+++ b/pkg/api/api.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ type Service interface {
 	// RunOneOffContainer creates a service oneoff container and starts its dependencies
 	RunOneOffContainer(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, opts RunOptions) (int, error)
 	// Remove executes the equivalent to a `compose rm`
-	Remove(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, options RemoveOptions) error
+	Remove(ctx context.Context, project string, options RemoveOptions) error
 	// Exec executes a command in a running service container
 	Exec(ctx context.Context, project string, opts RunOptions) (int, error)
 	// Copy copies a file/folder between a service container and the local filesystem
diff --git a/pkg/api/proxy.go b/pkg/api/proxy.go
index 9a06b9cb4..577e549f7 100644
--- a/pkg/api/proxy.go
+++ b/pkg/api/proxy.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ type ServiceProxy struct {
 	ConvertFn            func(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, options ConvertOptions) ([]byte, error)
 	KillFn               func(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, options KillOptions) error
 	RunOneOffContainerFn func(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, opts RunOptions) (int, error)
-	RemoveFn             func(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, options RemoveOptions) error
+	RemoveFn             func(ctx context.Context, project string, options RemoveOptions) error
 	ExecFn               func(ctx context.Context, project string, opts RunOptions) (int, error)
 	CopyFn               func(ctx context.Context, project string, options CopyOptions) error
 	PauseFn              func(ctx context.Context, project string, options PauseOptions) error
@@ -241,13 +241,10 @@ func (s *ServiceProxy) RunOneOffContainer(ctx context.Context, project *types.Pr
 }
 
 // Remove implements Service interface
-func (s *ServiceProxy) Remove(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, options RemoveOptions) error {
+func (s *ServiceProxy) Remove(ctx context.Context, project string, options RemoveOptions) error {
 	if s.RemoveFn == nil {
 		return ErrNotImplemented
 	}
-	for _, i := range s.interceptors {
-		i(ctx, project)
-	}
 	return s.RemoveFn(ctx, project, options)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/compose/compose.go b/pkg/compose/compose.go
index 58482fd0a..663afc9bb 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/compose.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/compose.go
@@ -149,3 +149,23 @@ SERVICES:
 
 	return project, nil
 }
+
+// actualState list resources labelled by projectName to rebuild compose project model
+func (s *composeService) actualState(ctx context.Context, projectName string, services []string) (Containers, *types.Project, error) {
+	var containers Containers
+	// don't filter containers by options.Services so projectFromName can rebuild project with all existing resources
+	containers, err := s.getContainers(ctx, projectName, oneOffInclude, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	project, err := s.projectFromName(containers, projectName, services...)
+	if err != nil && !api.IsNotFoundError(err) {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+
+	if len(services) > 0 {
+		containers = containers.filter(isService(services...))
+	}
+	return containers, project, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/compose/remove.go b/pkg/compose/remove.go
index ea30bd978..0e5f79eed 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/remove.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/remove.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/types"
 	"github.com/docker/compose/v2/pkg/api"
 	moby "github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
@@ -30,13 +29,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/compose/v2/pkg/prompt"
 )
 
-func (s *composeService) Remove(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, options api.RemoveOptions) error {
-	services := options.Services
-	if len(services) == 0 {
-		services = project.ServiceNames()
-	}
-
-	containers, err := s.getContainers(ctx, project.Name, oneOffInclude, true, services...)
+func (s *composeService) Remove(ctx context.Context, projectName string, options api.RemoveOptions) error {
+	containers, _, err := s.actualState(ctx, projectName, options.Services)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/compose/stop.go b/pkg/compose/stop.go
index 2792f72f3..686b852d2 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/stop.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/stop.go
@@ -32,26 +32,11 @@ func (s *composeService) Stop(ctx context.Context, projectName string, options a
 func (s *composeService) stop(ctx context.Context, projectName string, options api.StopOptions) error {
 	w := progress.ContextWriter(ctx)
 
-	services := options.Services
-	if len(services) == 0 {
-		services = []string{}
-	}
-
-	var containers Containers
-	containers, err := s.getContainers(ctx, projectName, oneOffInclude, true, services...)
+	containers, project, err := s.actualState(ctx, projectName, options.Services)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	project, err := s.projectFromName(containers, projectName, services...)
-	if err != nil && !api.IsNotFoundError(err) {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	if len(services) > 0 {
-		containers = containers.filter(isService(services...))
-	}
-
 	return InReverseDependencyOrder(ctx, project, func(c context.Context, service string) error {
 		return s.stopContainers(ctx, w, containers.filter(isService(service)), options.Timeout)
 	})
diff --git a/pkg/e2e/fixtures/dependencies/compose.yaml b/pkg/e2e/fixtures/dependencies/compose.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82d3e4e84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/e2e/fixtures/dependencies/compose.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+services:
+  foo:
+    image: nginx:alpine
+    depends_on:
+      - bar
+
+  bar:
+    image: nginx:alpine
diff --git a/pkg/e2e/start_stop_test.go b/pkg/e2e/start_stop_test.go
index 0b92160c1..1229af0b0 100644
--- a/pkg/e2e/start_stop_test.go
+++ b/pkg/e2e/start_stop_test.go
@@ -95,3 +95,27 @@ func TestStartStop(t *testing.T) {
 		_ = c.RunDockerComposeCmd("--project-name", projectName, "down")
 	})
 }
+
+func TestStopWithDependencies(t *testing.T) {
+	c := NewParallelE2eCLI(t, binDir)
+	const projectName = "e2e-stop-with-dependencies"
+
+	defer c.RunDockerComposeCmd("--project-name", projectName, "rm", "-fsv")
+
+	t.Run("Up", func(t *testing.T) {
+		res := c.RunDockerComposeCmd("-f", "./fixtures/dependencies/compose.yaml", "--project-name", projectName, "up", "-d")
+		assert.Assert(t, strings.Contains(res.Combined(), "Container e2e-stop-with-dependencies-foo-1  Started"), res.Combined())
+		assert.Assert(t, strings.Contains(res.Combined(), "Container e2e-stop-with-dependencies-bar-1  Started"), res.Combined())
+	})
+
+	t.Run("stop foo", func(t *testing.T) {
+		res := c.RunDockerComposeCmd("--project-name", projectName, "stop", "foo")
+
+		assert.Assert(t, strings.Contains(res.Combined(), "Container e2e-stop-with-dependencies-foo-1  Stopped"), res.Combined())
+
+		res = c.RunDockerComposeCmd("--project-name", projectName, "ps", "--status", "running")
+		assert.Assert(t, strings.Contains(res.Combined(), "e2e-stop-with-dependencies-bar-1"), res.Combined())
+		assert.Assert(t, !strings.Contains(res.Combined(), "e2e-stop-with-dependencies-foo-1"), res.Combined())
+	})
+
+}