diff --git a/airflow-core/docs/howto/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml b/airflow-core/docs/howto/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
index 17f2e93bf144b..d5edebf7bb7e2 100644
--- a/airflow-core/docs/howto/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/airflow-core/docs/howto/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ x-airflow-common:
     AIRFLOW__CORE__DAGS_ARE_PAUSED_AT_CREATION: 'true'
     AIRFLOW__CORE__LOAD_EXAMPLES: 'true'
     AIRFLOW__CORE__EXECUTION_API_SERVER_URL: 'http://airflow-apiserver:8080/execution/'
+    AIRFLOW__API_AUTH__JWT_SECRET: 'KMUFsIDTnFmyG3nMiGM6H9FNFUROf3wh7SmqJp'
     # yamllint disable rule:line-length
     # Use simple http server on scheduler for health checks
     # See https://airflow.apache.org/docs/apache-airflow/stable/administration-and-deployment/logging-monitoring/check-health.html#scheduler-health-check-server