diff --git a/cli/command/stack/kubernetes/stackclient.go b/cli/command/stack/kubernetes/stackclient.go
index 763650f15b..4a9852850d 100644
--- a/cli/command/stack/kubernetes/stackclient.go
+++ b/cli/command/stack/kubernetes/stackclient.go
@@ -4,10 +4,14 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/compose/loader"
+	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/compose/schema"
 	composetypes "github.com/docker/cli/cli/compose/types"
 	composev1beta1 "github.com/docker/cli/kubernetes/client/clientset/typed/compose/v1beta1"
 	composev1beta2 "github.com/docker/cli/kubernetes/client/clientset/typed/compose/v1beta2"
+	v1beta1types "github.com/docker/cli/kubernetes/compose/v1beta1"
 	"github.com/docker/cli/kubernetes/labels"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	corev1 "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
@@ -105,6 +109,7 @@ func verify(services corev1.ServiceInterface, stackName string, service string)
 }
 
 func (s *stackV1Beta1) FromCompose(stderr io.Writer, name string, cfg *composetypes.Config) (stack, error) {
+	cfg.Version = v1beta1types.MaxComposeVersion
 	st, err := fromCompose(stderr, name, cfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return stack{}, err
@@ -113,6 +118,15 @@ func (s *stackV1Beta1) FromCompose(stderr io.Writer, name string, cfg *composety
 	if err != nil {
 		return stack{}, err
 	}
+	// reload the result to check that it produced a valid 3.5 compose file
+	resparsedConfig, err := loader.ParseYAML(res)
+	if err != nil {
+		return stack{}, err
+	}
+	if err = schema.Validate(resparsedConfig, v1beta1types.MaxComposeVersion); err != nil {
+		return stack{}, errors.Wrapf(err, "the compose yaml file is invalid with v%s", v1beta1types.MaxComposeVersion)
+	}
+
 	st.composeFile = string(res)
 	return st, nil
 }
diff --git a/cli/command/stack/kubernetes/stackclient_test.go b/cli/command/stack/kubernetes/stackclient_test.go
index 86af976936..b82e6b13ef 100644
--- a/cli/command/stack/kubernetes/stackclient_test.go
+++ b/cli/command/stack/kubernetes/stackclient_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func TestFromCompose(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 	assert.NilError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, "foo", s.name)
-	assert.Equal(t, string(`version: "3.1"
+	assert.Equal(t, string(`version: "3.5"
 services:
   bar:
     image: bar
@@ -38,3 +38,27 @@ secrets: {}
 configs: {}
 `), s.composeFile)
 }
+
+func TestFromComposeUnsupportedVersion(t *testing.T) {
+	stackClient := &stackV1Beta1{}
+	_, err := stackClient.FromCompose(ioutil.Discard, "foo", &composetypes.Config{
+		Version:  "3.6",
+		Filename: "banana",
+		Services: []composetypes.ServiceConfig{
+			{
+				Name:  "foo",
+				Image: "foo",
+				Volumes: []composetypes.ServiceVolumeConfig{
+					{
+						Type:   "tmpfs",
+						Target: "/app",
+						Tmpfs: &composetypes.ServiceVolumeTmpfs{
+							Size: 10000,
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	assert.ErrorContains(t, err, "the compose yaml file is invalid with v3.5: services.foo.volumes.0 Additional property tmpfs is not allowed")
+}
diff --git a/kubernetes/compose/v1beta1/parsing.go b/kubernetes/compose/v1beta1/parsing.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..634a8428a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/compose/v1beta1/parsing.go
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package v1beta1
+
+// MaxComposeVersion is the most recent version of compose file Schema supported in v1beta1
+const MaxComposeVersion = "3.5"