diff --git a/cmd/compose/up.go b/cmd/compose/up.go
index 91261d1ee..5e61026b9 100644
--- a/cmd/compose/up.go
+++ b/cmd/compose/up.go
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ func runUp(ctx context.Context, backend api.Service, createOptions createOptions
 			ExitCodeFrom: upOptions.exitCodeFrom,
 			CascadeStop:  upOptions.cascadeStop,
 			Wait:         upOptions.wait,
+			Services:     services,
 		},
 	})
 }
diff --git a/pkg/compose/containers.go b/pkg/compose/containers.go
index 31ea5c8a0..4a22789a4 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/containers.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/containers.go
@@ -141,3 +141,14 @@ func (containers Containers) sorted() Containers {
 	})
 	return containers
 }
+
+func (containers Containers) remove(id string) Containers {
+	for i, c := range containers {
+		if c.ID == id {
+			l := len(containers) - 1
+			containers[i] = containers[l]
+			return containers[:l]
+		}
+	}
+	return containers
+}
diff --git a/pkg/compose/logs.go b/pkg/compose/logs.go
index ce2f0cf96..9968e1283 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/logs.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/logs.go
@@ -65,19 +65,16 @@ func (s *composeService) Logs(
 
 	if options.Follow {
 		printer := newLogPrinter(consumer)
-		eg.Go(func() error {
-			for _, c := range containers {
-				printer.HandleEvent(api.ContainerEvent{
-					Type:      api.ContainerEventAttach,
-					Container: getContainerNameWithoutProject(c),
-					Service:   c.Labels[api.ServiceLabel],
-				})
-			}
-			return nil
-		})
+		for _, c := range containers {
+			printer.HandleEvent(api.ContainerEvent{
+				Type:      api.ContainerEventAttach,
+				Container: getContainerNameWithoutProject(c),
+				Service:   c.Labels[api.ServiceLabel],
+			})
+		}
 
 		eg.Go(func() error {
-			return s.watchContainers(ctx, projectName, options.Services, printer.HandleEvent, containers, func(c types.Container) error {
+			return s.watchContainers(ctx, projectName, options.Services, nil, printer.HandleEvent, containers, func(c types.Container) error {
 				printer.HandleEvent(api.ContainerEvent{
 					Type:      api.ContainerEventAttach,
 					Container: getContainerNameWithoutProject(c),
diff --git a/pkg/compose/printer.go b/pkg/compose/printer.go
index 158c98e54..e83ec2a36 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/printer.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/printer.go
@@ -28,19 +28,23 @@ type logPrinter interface {
 	HandleEvent(event api.ContainerEvent)
 	Run(ctx context.Context, cascadeStop bool, exitCodeFrom string, stopFn func() error) (int, error)
 	Cancel()
+	Stop()
 }
 
 type printer struct {
 	queue    chan api.ContainerEvent
 	consumer api.LogConsumer
+	stopCh   chan struct{}
 }
 
 // newLogPrinter builds a LogPrinter passing containers logs to LogConsumer
 func newLogPrinter(consumer api.LogConsumer) logPrinter {
 	queue := make(chan api.ContainerEvent)
+	stopCh := make(chan struct{}, 1) // printer MAY stop on his own, so Stop MUST not be blocking
 	printer := printer{
 		consumer: consumer,
 		queue:    queue,
+		stopCh:   stopCh,
 	}
 	return &printer
 }
@@ -51,6 +55,10 @@ func (p *printer) Cancel() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (p *printer) Stop() {
+	p.stopCh <- struct{}{}
+}
+
 func (p *printer) HandleEvent(event api.ContainerEvent) {
 	p.queue <- event
 }
@@ -64,6 +72,8 @@ func (p *printer) Run(ctx context.Context, cascadeStop bool, exitCodeFrom string
 	containers := map[string]struct{}{}
 	for {
 		select {
+		case <-p.stopCh:
+			return exitCode, nil
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return exitCode, ctx.Err()
 		case event := <-p.queue:
diff --git a/pkg/compose/start.go b/pkg/compose/start.go
index 0dcef8ded..bd0093516 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/start.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/start.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/types"
+	"github.com/docker/compose/v2/pkg/utils"
 	moby "github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
@@ -50,13 +51,6 @@ func (s *composeService) start(ctx context.Context, projectName string, options
 		}
 	}
 
-	if len(options.Services) > 0 {
-		err := project.ForServices(options.Services)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
 	eg, ctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
 	if listener != nil {
 		attached, err := s.attach(ctx, project, listener, options.AttachTo)
@@ -65,7 +59,7 @@ func (s *composeService) start(ctx context.Context, projectName string, options
 		}
 
 		eg.Go(func() error {
-			return s.watchContainers(context.Background(), project.Name, options.AttachTo, listener, attached, func(container moby.Container) error {
+			return s.watchContainers(context.Background(), project.Name, options.AttachTo, options.Services, listener, attached, func(container moby.Container) error {
 				return s.attachContainer(ctx, container, listener)
 			})
 		})
@@ -116,9 +110,20 @@ func getDependencyCondition(service types.ServiceConfig, project *types.Project)
 type containerWatchFn func(container moby.Container) error
 
 // watchContainers uses engine events to capture container start/die and notify ContainerEventListener
-func (s *composeService) watchContainers(ctx context.Context, projectName string, services []string, listener api.ContainerEventListener, containers Containers, onStart containerWatchFn) error {
-	watched := map[string]int{}
+func (s *composeService) watchContainers(ctx context.Context, projectName string, services, required []string,
+	listener api.ContainerEventListener, containers Containers, onStart containerWatchFn) error {
+	if len(required) == 0 {
+		required = services
+	}
+
+	var (
+		expected Containers
+		watched  = map[string]int{}
+	)
 	for _, c := range containers {
+		if utils.Contains(required, c.Labels[api.ServiceLabel]) {
+			expected = append(expected, c)
+		}
 		watched[c.ID] = 0
 	}
 
@@ -143,22 +148,18 @@ func (s *composeService) watchContainers(ctx context.Context, projectName string
 			}
 			name := getContainerNameWithoutProject(container)
 
-			if event.Status == "stop" {
+			service := container.Labels[api.ServiceLabel]
+			switch event.Status {
+			case "stop":
 				listener(api.ContainerEvent{
 					Type:      api.ContainerEventStopped,
 					Container: name,
-					Service:   container.Labels[api.ServiceLabel],
+					Service:   service,
 				})
 
 				delete(watched, container.ID)
-				if len(watched) == 0 {
-					// all project containers stopped, we're done
-					stop()
-				}
-				return nil
-			}
-
-			if event.Status == "die" {
+				expected = expected.remove(container.ID)
+			case "die":
 				restarted := watched[container.ID]
 				watched[container.ID] = restarted + 1
 				// Container terminated.
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ func (s *composeService) watchContainers(ctx context.Context, projectName string
 				listener(api.ContainerEvent{
 					Type:       api.ContainerEventExit,
 					Container:  name,
-					Service:    container.Labels[api.ServiceLabel],
+					Service:    service,
 					ExitCode:   inspected.State.ExitCode,
 					Restarting: willRestart,
 				})
@@ -175,21 +176,15 @@ func (s *composeService) watchContainers(ctx context.Context, projectName string
 				if !willRestart {
 					// we're done with this one
 					delete(watched, container.ID)
+					expected = expected.remove(container.ID)
 				}
-
-				if len(watched) == 0 {
-					// all project containers stopped, we're done
-					stop()
-				}
-				return nil
-			}
-
-			if event.Status == "start" {
+			case "start":
 				count, ok := watched[container.ID]
 				mustAttach := ok && count > 0 // Container restarted, need to re-attach
 				if !ok {
 					// A new container has just been added to service by scale
 					watched[container.ID] = 0
+					expected = append(expected, container)
 					mustAttach = true
 				}
 				if mustAttach {
@@ -200,7 +195,9 @@ func (s *composeService) watchContainers(ctx context.Context, projectName string
 					}
 				}
 			}
-
+			if len(expected) == 0 {
+				stop()
+			}
 			return nil
 		},
 	})
diff --git a/pkg/compose/up.go b/pkg/compose/up.go
index 72d10fc3c..b8631e0ef 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/up.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/up.go
@@ -23,11 +23,10 @@ import (
 	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"
 
-	"github.com/docker/compose/v2/pkg/api"
-	"github.com/docker/compose/v2/pkg/progress"
-
 	"github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/types"
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli"
+	"github.com/docker/compose/v2/pkg/api"
+	"github.com/docker/compose/v2/pkg/progress"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
 
@@ -92,6 +91,7 @@ func (s *composeService) Up(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, options
 		return err
 	}
 
+	printer.Stop()
 	err = eg.Wait()
 	if exitCode != 0 {
 		errMsg := ""
diff --git a/pkg/e2e/compose_test.go b/pkg/e2e/compose_test.go
index 3eade16cc..0dd92a241 100644
--- a/pkg/e2e/compose_test.go
+++ b/pkg/e2e/compose_test.go
@@ -259,3 +259,13 @@ networks:
     name: compose-e2e-convert-interpolate_default`, filepath.Join(wd, "fixtures", "simple-build-test", "nginx-build")), ExitCode: 0})
 	})
 }
+
+func TestStopWithDependeciesAttached(t *testing.T) {
+	const projectName = "compose-e2e-stop-with-deps"
+	c := NewParallelCLI(t, WithEnv("COMMAND=echo hello"))
+
+	t.Run("up", func(t *testing.T) {
+		res := c.RunDockerComposeCmd(t, "-f", "./fixtures/dependencies/compose.yaml", "-p", projectName, "up", "--attach-dependencies", "foo")
+		res.Assert(t, icmd.Expected{Out: "exited with code 0"})
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/e2e/fixtures/dependencies/compose.yaml b/pkg/e2e/fixtures/dependencies/compose.yaml
index 82d3e4e84..099c5f18a 100644
--- a/pkg/e2e/fixtures/dependencies/compose.yaml
+++ b/pkg/e2e/fixtures/dependencies/compose.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 services:
   foo:
     image: nginx:alpine
+    command: "${COMMAND}"
     depends_on:
       - bar
 
   bar:
     image: nginx:alpine
+    scale: 2