diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 26d171ddc6..20cd16913e 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ services:
       - elasticsearch
 
   neo4j:
-    image: neo4j:3.5.7
+    image: neo4j:4.0.6
     env_file: neo4j/env/docker.env
     hostname: neo4j
     container_name: neo4j
diff --git a/docker/neo4j/env/docker.env b/docker/neo4j/env/docker.env
index 375035f620..961a5ffcf5 100644
--- a/docker/neo4j/env/docker.env
+++ b/docker/neo4j/env/docker.env
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 NEO4J_AUTH=neo4j/datahub
+NEO4J_dbms_default__database=graph.db
+NEO4J_dbms_allow__upgrade=true
diff --git a/docs/debugging.md b/docs/debugging.md
index 67421cef09..2053d0db26 100644
--- a/docs/debugging.md
+++ b/docs/debugging.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ c267c287a235        landoop/schema-registry-ui:latest                     "/run.
 4b38899cc29a        confluentinc/cp-schema-registry:5.2.1                 "/etc/confluent/dock…"   10 hours ago        Up 10 hours         0.0.0.0:8081->8081/tcp                                     schema-registry
 37c29781a263        confluentinc/cp-kafka:5.2.1                           "/etc/confluent/dock…"   10 hours ago        Up 10 hours         0.0.0.0:9092->9092/tcp, 0.0.0.0:29092->29092/tcp           broker
 15440d99a510        docker.elastic.co/kibana/kibana:5.6.8                 "/bin/bash /usr/loca…"   10 hours ago        Up 10 hours         0.0.0.0:5601->5601/tcp                                     kibana
-943e60f9b4d0        neo4j:3.5.7                                           "/sbin/tini -g -- /d…"   10 hours ago        Up 10 hours         0.0.0.0:7474->7474/tcp, 7473/tcp, 0.0.0.0:7687->7687/tcp   neo4j
+943e60f9b4d0        neo4j:4.0.6                                           "/sbin/tini -g -- /d…"   10 hours ago        Up 10 hours         0.0.0.0:7474->7474/tcp, 7473/tcp, 0.0.0.0:7687->7687/tcp   neo4j
 6d79b6f02735        confluentinc/cp-zookeeper:5.2.1                       "/etc/confluent/dock…"   10 hours ago        Up 10 hours         2888/tcp, 0.0.0.0:2181->2181/tcp, 3888/tcp                 zookeeper
 491d9f2b2e9e        docker.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch:5.6.8   "/bin/bash bin/es-do…"   10 hours ago        Up 10 hours         0.0.0.0:9200->9200/tcp, 9300/tcp                           elasticsearch
 ce14b9758eb3        mysql:5.7