diff --git a/scheduler/boot-scheduler-shedlock/docker/docker-compose.yml b/scheduler/boot-scheduler-shedlock/docker/docker-compose.yml
index c585170da..3a59f6f48 100644
--- a/scheduler/boot-scheduler-shedlock/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/scheduler/boot-scheduler-shedlock/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: '3.8'
 services:
 
   postgresqldb:
-    image: postgres:16.6-alpine
+    image: postgres:17.2-alpine
     environment:
       - POSTGRES_USER=appuser
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=secret
diff --git a/scheduler/boot-scheduler-shedlock/src/test/java/com/learning/shedlock/SchemaValidationTest.java b/scheduler/boot-scheduler-shedlock/src/test/java/com/learning/shedlock/SchemaValidationTest.java
index 37acc06ac..9a650c64d 100644
--- a/scheduler/boot-scheduler-shedlock/src/test/java/com/learning/shedlock/SchemaValidationTest.java
+++ b/scheduler/boot-scheduler-shedlock/src/test/java/com/learning/shedlock/SchemaValidationTest.java
@@ -1,14 +1,26 @@
 package com.learning.shedlock;
 
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
 import com.learning.shedlock.common.ContainersConfig;
+import com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource;
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.jdbc.AutoConfigureTestDatabase;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.autoconfigure.orm.jpa.DataJpaTest;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import;
 
-@DataJpaTest(properties = {"spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=validate", "spring.test.database.replace=none"})
+@DataJpaTest(properties = {"spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=validate"})
 @Import(ContainersConfig.class)
+@AutoConfigureTestDatabase
 class SchemaValidationTest {
 
+    @Autowired
+    private DataSource dataSource;
+
     @Test
-    void validateJpaMappingsWithDbSchema() {}
+    void validateJpaMappingsWithDbSchema() {
+        assertThat(dataSource).isInstanceOf(HikariDataSource.class);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/scheduler/boot-scheduler-shedlock/src/test/java/com/learning/shedlock/TestShedLockApplication.java b/scheduler/boot-scheduler-shedlock/src/test/java/com/learning/shedlock/TestShedLockApplication.java
index bfa76ce70..16c68c15d 100644
--- a/scheduler/boot-scheduler-shedlock/src/test/java/com/learning/shedlock/TestShedLockApplication.java
+++ b/scheduler/boot-scheduler-shedlock/src/test/java/com/learning/shedlock/TestShedLockApplication.java
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 public class TestShedLockApplication {
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        System.setProperty("spring.profiles.active", "local");
         SpringApplication.from(ShedLockApplication::main)
                 .with(ContainersConfig.class)
+                .withAdditionalProfiles("local")
                 .run(args);
     }
 }
diff --git a/scheduler/boot-scheduler-shedlock/src/test/java/com/learning/shedlock/common/ContainersConfig.java b/scheduler/boot-scheduler-shedlock/src/test/java/com/learning/shedlock/common/ContainersConfig.java
index af0721e9c..9505f97b5 100644
--- a/scheduler/boot-scheduler-shedlock/src/test/java/com/learning/shedlock/common/ContainersConfig.java
+++ b/scheduler/boot-scheduler-shedlock/src/test/java/com/learning/shedlock/common/ContainersConfig.java
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ public class ContainersConfig {
     @Bean
     @ServiceConnection
     PostgreSQLContainer<?> postgreSQLContainer() {
-        return new PostgreSQLContainer<>(DockerImageName.parse("postgres").withTag("16.4-alpine"));
+        return new PostgreSQLContainer<>(DockerImageName.parse("postgres").withTag("17.2-alpine"));
     }
 }