diff --git a/.vitepress/config.js b/.vitepress/config.js
index 271339460e..efcf87c417 100644
--- a/.vitepress/config.js
+++ b/.vitepress/config.js
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ const plugins = {
 
 const substitutions = {
   '|phpversion|': { value: '8.5', format: 'bold' },
+  '|phpdockerversion|': '8.5',
   '|minphpversion|': { value: '8.2', format: 'italic' },
   '|cakeversion|': '5.4',
   '|cakefullversion|': 'CakePHP 5',
diff --git a/docs/en/index.md b/docs/en/index.md
index 6a8e96a55e..7b8f042c73 100644
--- a/docs/en/index.md
+++ b/docs/en/index.md
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ ddev launch
 ```bash [Docker]
 # Using CakePHP's official image (ghcr.io/cakephp/cakephp), which bundles
 # the extensions CakePHP needs (intl, pdo_mysql, etc.)
-docker run -it --rm -v $(pwd):/app -w /app ghcr.io/cakephp/cakephp:|phpversion| sh -c \
+docker run -it --rm -v $(pwd):/app -w /app ghcr.io/cakephp/cakephp:|phpdockerversion| sh -c \
   "curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer \
   && composer create-project --prefer-dist cakephp/app:~|cakeversion| my_app"
 
 cd my_app
 docker run -it --rm -p 8765:8765 -v $(pwd):/app \
-  -w /app ghcr.io/cakephp/cakephp:|phpversion| php bin/cake.php server -H 0.0.0.0
+  -w /app ghcr.io/cakephp/cakephp:|phpdockerversion| php bin/cake.php server -H 0.0.0.0
 ```
 
 :::
diff --git a/docs/en/installation.md b/docs/en/installation.md
index 4b590f511c..ede496c4c5 100644
--- a/docs/en/installation.md
+++ b/docs/en/installation.md
@@ -130,19 +130,17 @@ Check [DDEV Documentation](https://ddev.readthedocs.io/) for installation and ad
 For containerized development:
 
 ```bash
-# Create project using Composer in Docker.
-# CakePHP requires the intl extension, which the base composer image does not
-# provide, so run Composer inside a PHP image with intl installed.
-docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/app -w /app php:8.2-cli bash -c \
-  "apt-get update && apt-get install -y libicu-dev git unzip curl \
-  && docker-php-ext-install intl \
-  && curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php \
-  && php composer.phar create-project --prefer-dist cakephp/app:~|cakeversion| my_app"
-
-# Start PHP development server (install required extensions first)
+# Create project using CakePHP's official image (ghcr.io/cakephp/cakephp),
+# which bundles the extensions CakePHP needs (intl, pdo_mysql, etc.) so only
+# Composer itself needs installing.
+docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/app -w /app ghcr.io/cakephp/cakephp:|phpdockerversion| sh -c \
+  "curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer \
+  && composer create-project --prefer-dist cakephp/app:~|cakeversion| my_app"
+
+# Start PHP development server
 cd my_app
 docker run -it --rm -p 8765:8765 -v $(pwd):/app \
-  -w /app php:8.2-cli bash -c "apt-get update && apt-get install -y libicu-dev && docker-php-ext-install intl mbstring && php bin/cake server -H 0.0.0.0"
+  -w /app ghcr.io/cakephp/cakephp:|phpdockerversion| php bin/cake.php server -H 0.0.0.0
 ```
 
 ::: warning Development Only