diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 63e8b796..5f32cea9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ### Added
 
+- Added API `title`, `version`, and `description` parameters from environment variables `STAC_FASTAPI_TITLE`, `STAC_FASTAPI_VERSION` and `STAC_FASTAPI_DESCRIPTION`, respectively. [#207](https://github.com/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-elasticsearch-opensearch/pull/207)
+
 ### Changed
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index ee6e995f..8b5e2f07 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ services:
       context: .
       dockerfile: dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev.es
     environment:
+      - STAC_FASTAPI_TITLE=stac-fastapi-elasticsearch
+      - STAC_FASTAPI_DESCRIPTION=A STAC FastAPI with an Elasticsearch backend
+      - STAC_FASTAPI_VERSION=2.1
       - APP_HOST=0.0.0.0
       - APP_PORT=8080
       - RELOAD=true
@@ -38,6 +41,9 @@ services:
       context: .
       dockerfile: dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev.os
     environment:
+      - STAC_FASTAPI_TITLE=stac-fastapi-opensearch
+      - STAC_FASTAPI_DESCRIPTION=A STAC FastAPI with an Opensearch backend
+      - STAC_FASTAPI_VERSION=2.1
       - APP_HOST=0.0.0.0
       - APP_PORT=8082
       - RELOAD=true
diff --git a/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/README.md b/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/README.md
index becdb4d7..85e9dd1d 100644
--- a/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/README.md
+++ b/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-# Requirements
+# stac-fastapi-elasticsearch
+
+## Requirements
 
 The Elasticsearch backend requires **elasticsearch**.
diff --git a/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/app.py b/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/app.py
index 0d896534..6f204ed8 100644
--- a/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/app.py
+++ b/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/stac_fastapi/elasticsearch/app.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 """FastAPI application."""
 
+import os
+
 from stac_fastapi.api.app import StacApi
 from stac_fastapi.api.models import create_get_request_model, create_post_request_model
 from stac_fastapi.core.core import (
@@ -60,6 +62,9 @@
 post_request_model = create_post_request_model(extensions)
 
 api = StacApi(
+    title=os.getenv("STAC_FASTAPI_TITLE", "stac-fastapi-elasticsearch"),
+    description=os.getenv("STAC_FASTAPI_DESCRIPTION", "stac-fastapi-elasticsearch"),
+    api_version=os.getenv("STAC_FASTAPI_VERSION", "2.1"),
     settings=settings,
     extensions=extensions,
     client=CoreClient(
diff --git a/stac_fastapi/opensearch/README.md b/stac_fastapi/opensearch/README.md
index 6b1f8391..2b1e991f 100644
--- a/stac_fastapi/opensearch/README.md
+++ b/stac_fastapi/opensearch/README.md
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
-# stac-fastapi-opensearch 
\ No newline at end of file
+# stac-fastapi-opensearch 
+
+## Requirements
+
+The Opensearch backend requires **opensearch**.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/stac_fastapi/opensearch/stac_fastapi/opensearch/app.py b/stac_fastapi/opensearch/stac_fastapi/opensearch/app.py
index ebb2921e..79a95a90 100644
--- a/stac_fastapi/opensearch/stac_fastapi/opensearch/app.py
+++ b/stac_fastapi/opensearch/stac_fastapi/opensearch/app.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 """FastAPI application."""
 
+import os
+
 from stac_fastapi.api.app import StacApi
 from stac_fastapi.api.models import create_get_request_model, create_post_request_model
 from stac_fastapi.core.core import (
@@ -60,6 +62,9 @@
 post_request_model = create_post_request_model(extensions)
 
 api = StacApi(
+    title=os.getenv("STAC_FASTAPI_TITLE", "stac-fastapi-opensearch"),
+    description=os.getenv("STAC_FASTAPI_DESCRIPTION", "stac-fastapi-opensearch"),
+    api_version=os.getenv("STAC_FASTAPI_VERSION", "2.1"),
     settings=settings,
     extensions=extensions,
     client=CoreClient(