diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index ea74e69..6be2456 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ docker_python_libraries:
     - docker==6.1.3
     - jsondiff
     - requests==2.31
-    - docker-compose
 
 docker_set_registry_mirrors: false
 
diff --git a/tasks/install.yml b/tasks/install.yml
index d7dd860..fe05c14 100644
--- a/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/tasks/install.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 - name: install required python modules
   pip:
     executable: pip3
+    break_system_packages: true
     name: "{{ docker_python_libraries }}"
 
 - name: Make sure the APT keyring directory exists