diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 780c001c4..f73ebf05c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ services:
   elasticsearch:
     image: docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:8.17.0
     environment:
-      - ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms512m -Xmx512m -XX:UseSVE=0
-      - CLI_JAVA_OPTS=-XX:UseSVE=0
+      - ES_JAVA_OPTS=-Xms512m -Xmx512m
       - node.name=elasticsearch
       - cluster.name=es-extralit-local
       - discovery.type=single-node
diff --git a/extralit-server/CHANGELOG.md b/extralit-server/CHANGELOG.md
index 2f5c61999..b4f17b9cb 100644
--- a/extralit-server/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/extralit-server/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ These are the section headers that we use:
 - Added `wait` parameter to the POST /workflows/start endpoint to waiting for the workflow to complete and return the final status.
 - Migrated minio_client to aioboto3 for async file handling
 - Added dynamic mimetypes support for document uploads based on file extension or UploadFile types.
+- Removed ARM-specific JVM options (`-XX:UseSVE=0`) from Elasticsearch configuration in docker-compose.yaml, fixing container startup failures on Windows and x86 systems.
 
 ### Changed
 - Deduplicating document is based on any matching of id, pmid, doi, url, file_name within the same `workspace` and `reference`.