diff --git a/examples/minimal-deployment/docker-compose.yml b/examples/minimal-deployment/docker-compose.yml
index 960e9437..1197b473 100644
--- a/examples/minimal-deployment/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/examples/minimal-deployment/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,44 +1,62 @@
 version: '3.7'
+
+x-development-variables: &development-variables
+  NODE_ENV: "development"
+  ALLOW_NO_TRANSPORT: "true"
+
 services:
   database:
-    image: registry.gitlab.com/openstapps/openstapps/database:2.0.0
-    volumes:
-      - ./database:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
+    image: registry.gitlab.com/openstapps/openstapps/database:3.0.0
+    # If you need persistence for debugging purposes uncomment the following lines
+    #volumes:
+    #  - ./database:/usr/share/elasticsearch/data
     expose:
-      - "9200"
+      - 9200
+    ports:
+      - 127.0.0.1:9200:9200
+    environment:
+      - bootstrap.memory_lock=true
+      - "ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms2g -Xmx2g"
+      - discovery.type=single-node
+    ulimits:
+      memlock:
+        soft: -1
+        hard: -1
     restart: unless-stopped
 
   backend:
-    image: registry.gitlab.com/openstapps/openstapps/backend:3.0.0-next.0
+    image: registry.gitlab.com/openstapps/openstapps/backend:3.1.0
     environment:
+      <<: *development-variables
       ES_ADDR: "http://database:9200"
       NODE_CONFIG_ENV: "elasticsearch"
-      ALLOW_NO_TRANSPORT: "true"
+      NODE_APP_INSTANCE: "f-u"
+      PROMETHEUS_MIDDLEWARE: "false"
     expose:
       - 3000
     ports:
-      - 3000:3000
-    links:
-      - "database"
+      - 127.0.0.1:3000:3000
     labels:
-      - stapps.version=1.0.0
+      - stapps.version=4.1.0
     restart: unless-stopped
     depends_on:
       - database
-
-  api:
-    image: registry.gitlab.com/openstapps/openstapps/api:3.0.0-next.0
     links:
-      - "backend"
+      - database
 
-  minimal-connector:
-    image: registry.gitlab.com/openstapps/minimal-connector:core-0.23
-    container_name: minimal-connector-0.23
-    command: ["http://backend:3000", "minimal-connector", "f-u"]
+  # api:
+  #   image: registry.gitlab.com/openstapps/openstapps/api:3.0.0
+  #   links:
+  #     - backend
 
-  app:
-    image: registry.gitlab.com/openstapps/app/executable:core-0.23
-    expose:
-      - 8100
-    ports:
-      - 8100:8100
+  # minimal-connector:
+  #   image: registry.gitlab.com/openstapps/minimal-connector:core-0.23
+  #   container_name: minimal-connector-0.23
+  #   command: ["http://backend:3000", "minimal-connector", "f-u"]
+
+  # app:
+  #   image: registry.gitlab.com/openstapps/app/executable:core-0.23
+  #   expose:
+  #     - 8100
+  #   ports:
+  #     - 8100:8100