diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6b2c7fd60..adda99de5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -61,12 +61,10 @@ install: binary
 
 .PHONY: e2e-compose
 e2e-compose: ## Run end to end local tests in plugin mode. Set E2E_TEST=TestName to run a single test
-	docker compose version
 	go test $(TEST_FLAGS) $(TEST_COVERAGE_FLAGS) -count=1 ./pkg/e2e
 
 .PHONY: e2e-compose-standalone
 e2e-compose-standalone: ## Run End to end local tests in standalone mode. Set E2E_TEST=TestName to run a single test
-	docker-compose version
 	go test $(TEST_FLAGS) -v -count=1 -parallel=1 --tags=standalone ./pkg/e2e
 
 .PHONY: build-and-e2e-compose
diff --git a/pkg/e2e/framework.go b/pkg/e2e/framework.go
index 284d7f3ac..c7dacaef7 100644
--- a/pkg/e2e/framework.go
+++ b/pkg/e2e/framework.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func NewCLI(t testing.TB, opts ...CLIOption) *CLI {
 	for _, opt := range opts {
 		opt(c)
 	}
-
+	t.Log(c.RunDockerComposeCmdNoCheck(t, "version").Combined())
 	return c
 }