diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c98abd8c..d8325861 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## v0.4.32
+
+FIX: use controller config spec v4 in the Docker instance
+
 ## v0.4.31
 
 FEATURE: New "limits classes" limits implementation (https://github.com/openziti/zrok/issues/606). This new feature allows for extensive limits customization on a per-user basis, with fallback to the global defaults in the controller configuration.
diff --git a/docker/compose/zrok-instance/zrok-controller-config.yml.envsubst b/docker/compose/zrok-instance/zrok-controller-config.yml.envsubst
index 389f4bce..cbdfe639 100644
--- a/docker/compose/zrok-instance/zrok-controller-config.yml.envsubst
+++ b/docker/compose/zrok-instance/zrok-controller-config.yml.envsubst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #   /___|_|  \___/|_|\_\
 # controller configuration
 
-v: 3
+v: 4
 admin:
   # generate these admin tokens from a source of randomness, e.g. 
   #  LC_ALL=C tr -dc _A-Z-a-z-0-9 < /dev/urandom | head -c32