diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 478c2f0ef3..c91068dfe2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
       # Label used to access the service container
       db:
         # Docker Hub image
-        image: postgres:12.19
+        image: postgres:16.3
         # Set health checks to wait until postgres has started
         options: >-
           --health-cmd pg_isready
diff --git a/docker-compose-e2e-tests.yml b/docker-compose-e2e-tests.yml
index 56c922aa03..3bf992dfd9 100644
--- a/docker-compose-e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-e2e-tests.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ name: mit-open-e2e-tests
 
 services:
   db:
-    image: postgres:12.19
+    image: postgres:16.3
     ports:
       - 5432:5432
     environment:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7cb3b3aa6e..6940bf4927 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ services:
   db:
     profiles:
       - backend
-    image: postgres:12.19
+    image: postgres:16.3
     ports:
       - 5432:5432
     environment: