diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 340136d46..308d2c271 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -52,5 +52,11 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
+
+      - name: Install docker-compose
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install docker-compose
+
       - name: Run tests
         run: make test-server
diff --git a/api/pendingactions/pendingactions.go b/api/pendingactions/pendingactions.go
index 22ac3ebc4..f072b1445 100644
--- a/api/pendingactions/pendingactions.go
+++ b/api/pendingactions/pendingactions.go
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ func (service *PendingActionsService) execute(environmentID portainer.EndpointID
 
 	if len(pendingActions) > 0 {
 		log.Debug().Msgf("Found %d pending actions", len(pendingActions))
-		log.Debug().Msgf("PendingActions %+v", pendingActions)
 	}
 
 	for i, endpointPendingAction := range pendingActions {
diff --git a/api/stacks/deployments/compose_unpacker_cmd_builder.go b/api/stacks/deployments/compose_unpacker_cmd_builder.go
index 20bf56d43..64308fa1a 100644
--- a/api/stacks/deployments/compose_unpacker_cmd_builder.go
+++ b/api/stacks/deployments/compose_unpacker_cmd_builder.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ const (
 type unpackerCmdBuilderOptions struct {
 	pullImage          bool
 	prune              bool
+	forceRecreate      bool
 	composeDestination string
 	registries         []portainer.Registry
 }
@@ -62,12 +63,13 @@ func (d *stackDeployer) buildUnpackerCmdForStack(stack *portainer.Stack, operati
 	return fn(stack, opts, registriesStrings, envStrings), nil
 }
 
-// deploy [-u username -p password] [--skip-tls-verify] [--env KEY1=VALUE1 --env KEY2=VALUE2] <git-repo-url> <ref> <project-name> <destination> <compose-file-path> [<more-file-paths>...]
+// deploy [-u username -p password] [--skip-tls-verify] [--force-recreate] [-k] [--env KEY1=VALUE1 --env KEY2=VALUE2] <git-repo-url> <ref> <project-name> <destination> <compose-file-path> [<more-file-paths>...]
 func buildDeployCmd(stack *portainer.Stack, opts unpackerCmdBuilderOptions, registries []string, env []string) []string {
 	cmd := []string{}
 	cmd = append(cmd, UnpackerCmdDeploy)
 	cmd = appendGitAuthIfNeeded(cmd, stack)
 	cmd = appendSkipTLSVerifyIfNeeded(cmd, stack)
+	cmd = appendForceRecreateIfNeeded(cmd, opts.forceRecreate)
 	cmd = append(cmd, env...)
 	cmd = append(cmd, registries...)
 	cmd = append(cmd, stack.GitConfig.URL)
@@ -124,12 +126,13 @@ func buildComposeStopCmd(stack *portainer.Stack, opts unpackerCmdBuilderOptions,
 	return cmd
 }
 
-// swarm-deploy [-u username -p password] [--skip-tls-verify] [-f] [-r] [--env KEY1=VALUE1 --env KEY2=VALUE2] <git-repo-url> <git-ref> <project-name> <destination> <compose-file-path> [<more-file-paths>...]
+// swarm-deploy [-u username -p password] [--skip-tls-verify] [--force-recreate] [-f] [-r] [-k] [--env KEY1=VALUE1 --env KEY2=VALUE2] <git-repo-url> <git-ref> <project-name> <destination> <compose-file-path> [<more-file-paths>...]
 func buildSwarmDeployCmd(stack *portainer.Stack, opts unpackerCmdBuilderOptions, registries []string, env []string) []string {
 	cmd := []string{}
 	cmd = append(cmd, UnpackerCmdSwarmDeploy)
 	cmd = appendGitAuthIfNeeded(cmd, stack)
 	cmd = appendSkipTLSVerifyIfNeeded(cmd, stack)
+	cmd = appendForceRecreateIfNeeded(cmd, opts.forceRecreate)
 	if opts.pullImage {
 		cmd = append(cmd, "-f")
 	}
@@ -203,6 +206,13 @@ func appendAdditionalFiles(cmd []string, files []string) []string {
 	return cmd
 }
 
+func appendForceRecreateIfNeeded(cmd []string, forceRecreate bool) []string {
+	if forceRecreate {
+		cmd = append(cmd, "--force-recreate")
+	}
+	return cmd
+}
+
 func getRegistry(registries []portainer.Registry, dataStore dataservices.DataStore) []string {
 	cmds := []string{}
 
diff --git a/api/stacks/deployments/deployer_remote.go b/api/stacks/deployments/deployer_remote.go
index cc505fcd8..fb56c25f7 100644
--- a/api/stacks/deployments/deployer_remote.go
+++ b/api/stacks/deployments/deployer_remote.go
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ func (d *stackDeployer) DeployRemoteComposeStack(
 		endpoint,
 		OperationDeploy,
 		unpackerCmdBuilderOptions{
-			registries: registries,
+			forceRecreate: forceRecreate,
+			registries:    registries,
 		},
 	)
 }
@@ -119,10 +120,10 @@ func (d *stackDeployer) DeployRemoteSwarmStack(
 	defer d.swarmStackManager.Logout(endpoint)
 
 	return d.remoteStack(stack, endpoint, OperationSwarmDeploy, unpackerCmdBuilderOptions{
-
-		pullImage:  pullImage,
-		prune:      prune,
-		registries: registries,
+		pullImage:     pullImage,
+		prune:         prune,
+		forceRecreate: stack.AutoUpdate != nil && stack.AutoUpdate.ForceUpdate,
+		registries:    registries,
 	})
 }