diff --git a/docker-compose.example.yml b/docker-compose.example.yml
index 31740589bddf260cf0ea621704c9d5445f323c30..596f58057bbcc8e570619a140a54d650e3ef4ea4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.example.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.example.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ services:
       - db
       - mqtt
       - rabbitmq
-    scale: 5
+    deploy:
+      replicas: 5
   db:
     image: timescale/timescaledb:latest-pg14
     restart: always