diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/.env b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..909bd225ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/.env
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SOLR6_TAG=1.1.1
+POSTGRES_TAG=10.1
+ACTIVEMQ_TAG=5.15.6
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/docker-compose.yml b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/docker-compose.yml
index 04012a9300..ac8ad66ceb 100644
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/docker-compose.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ services:
             - "30000-30099:30000-30099"
 
     postgres:
-        image: library/postgres:10.1
+        image: library/postgres:${POSTGRES_TAG}
         environment:
             - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=alfresco
             - POSTGRES_USER=alfresco
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ services:
             - 5432:5432
 
     solr6:
-        image: alfresco/alfresco-search-services:1.1.1
+        image: alfresco/alfresco-search-services:${SOLR6_TAG}
         environment:
             #Solr needs to know how to register itself with Alfresco
             - SOLR_ALFRESCO_HOST=alfresco