diff --git a/docker/README.md b/docker/README.md
index c99b8e7..eb4754a 100644
--- a/docker/README.md
+++ b/docker/README.md
@@ -111,8 +111,9 @@ Once started, you will see the following applications:
 * Grafana - http://localhost:3000 - default creds can be see in `./config/grafana/grafana.ini` 
 * Service discovery - http://localhost:8000
 
-After 5-10 minutes you should see targets discovered in prometheus on the [targets page](http://localhost:9090/targets?search=). Initially, they might apear in red and if you keep monitoring they should
-slowly start getting blue, which means that the targets are successfuly scraped.
+After 5-10 minutes you should see targets discovered in victoria on the [targets page](http://localhost:9090/targets).
+Initially, they might apear in red and if you keep monitoring they should
+slowly start getting green, which means that the targets are successfuly scraped.
 
 You should also see some data incoming in the grafana [sample dashboard for the 
 node exporter](http://localhost:3000/d/1/node-exporter?orgId=1&from=now-3h&to=now&timezone=utc&var-datasource=prometheus&var-instance=$__all&var-diskdevice=%5Ba-z%5D%2B%7Cnvme%5B0-9%5D%2Bn%5B0-9%5D%2B%7Cmmcblk%5B0-9%5D%2B).
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ curl http://localhost:8000/prom/targets?node_provider_id=<node-provider-id>&dc_i
 *NOTE*: The initial sync of service discovery may take up to 15 minutes! Syncing 
 will be clearly logged in the multiservice discovery.
 
-### Prometheus
+### Victoria
 
 #### No targets visible in targets view
 
diff --git a/docker/config/prometheus/config-template.yaml b/docker/config/prometheus/config-template.yaml
index 25da4d1..9651235 100644
--- a/docker/config/prometheus/config-template.yaml
+++ b/docker/config/prometheus/config-template.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ anchors:
   http_configs: &http_configs
     http_sd_configs:
       - url: http://multiservice-discovery:8000/prom/targets
-        refresh_interval: 15s
 
 global:
   # Change this to control how frequently prometheus
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yaml b/docker/docker-compose.yaml
index 910997c..3713a75 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -12,17 +12,19 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - ./volumes/msd:/msd
 
-  prometheus:
-    image: quay.io/prometheus/prometheus:v2.51.1
+  victoriametrics:
+    image: victoriametrics/victoria-metrics:v1.97.1
     network_mode: host
     volumes:
       - ./config/prometheus:/config
-      - ./volumes/prometheus/:/prometheus
+      - ./volumes/victoria/:/victoria
     command:
-      - --config.file
-      - /config/config.yaml
-      - --storage.tsdb.path=/prometheus
-      - --storage.tsdb.retention.time=6m
+      - --storageDataPath=/victoria
+      - --httpListenAddr=:9090
+      - --retentionPeriod=1y
+      - --promscrape.config=/config/config.yaml
+      - --promscrape.configCheckInterval=30s
+      - --enableTCP6=true
     user: "${UID}:${GID}"
     deploy:
       resources:
@@ -40,3 +42,5 @@ services:
       - ./config/grafana:/etc/grafana
       - ./volumes/grafana:/var/lib/grafana
     user: "${UID}:${GID}"
+    depends_on:
+      - victoriametrics
diff --git a/docker/volumes/prometheus/.gitignore b/docker/volumes/victoria/.gitignore
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 100%
rename from docker/volumes/prometheus/.gitignore
rename to docker/volumes/victoria/.gitignore