diff --git a/docker/compose/docker-compose.portainer.yml b/docker/compose/docker-compose.portainer.yml
index 000b7e66a..a44b4b692 100644
--- a/docker/compose/docker-compose.portainer.yml
+++ b/docker/compose/docker-compose.portainer.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       PAPERLESS_REDIS: redis://broker:6379
       PAPERLESS_DBHOST: db
+      PAPERLESS_DBENGINE: postgres
     env_file:
       - stack.env
 volumes:
diff --git a/docker/compose/docker-compose.postgres-tika.yml b/docker/compose/docker-compose.postgres-tika.yml
index bf8840e4b..dcc0ee611 100644
--- a/docker/compose/docker-compose.postgres-tika.yml
+++ b/docker/compose/docker-compose.postgres-tika.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       PAPERLESS_REDIS: redis://broker:6379
       PAPERLESS_DBHOST: db
+      PAPERLESS_DBENGINE: postgres
       PAPERLESS_TIKA_ENABLED: 1
       PAPERLESS_TIKA_GOTENBERG_ENDPOINT: http://gotenberg:3000
       PAPERLESS_TIKA_ENDPOINT: http://tika:9998
diff --git a/docker/compose/docker-compose.postgres.yml b/docker/compose/docker-compose.postgres.yml
index a4b334b71..4397447f4 100644
--- a/docker/compose/docker-compose.postgres.yml
+++ b/docker/compose/docker-compose.postgres.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       PAPERLESS_REDIS: redis://broker:6379
       PAPERLESS_DBHOST: db
+      PAPERLESS_DBENGINE: postgres
 volumes:
   data:
   media:
diff --git a/docker/compose/docker-compose.sqlite-tika.yml b/docker/compose/docker-compose.sqlite-tika.yml
index 3481e16a7..ee7b59e79 100644
--- a/docker/compose/docker-compose.sqlite-tika.yml
+++ b/docker/compose/docker-compose.sqlite-tika.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ services:
     env_file: docker-compose.env
     environment:
       PAPERLESS_REDIS: redis://broker:6379
+      PAPERLESS_DBENGINE: sqlite
       PAPERLESS_TIKA_ENABLED: 1
       PAPERLESS_TIKA_GOTENBERG_ENDPOINT: http://gotenberg:3000
       PAPERLESS_TIKA_ENDPOINT: http://tika:9998
diff --git a/docker/compose/docker-compose.sqlite.yml b/docker/compose/docker-compose.sqlite.yml
index 362fbc9d9..37c7f0c46 100644
--- a/docker/compose/docker-compose.sqlite.yml
+++ b/docker/compose/docker-compose.sqlite.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ services:
     env_file: docker-compose.env
     environment:
       PAPERLESS_REDIS: redis://broker:6379
+      PAPERLESS_DBENGINE: sqlite
 volumes:
   data:
   media: