diff --git a/db/docker-compose.yml b/db/docker-compose.yml
index 2826e7b7..6fd0fc37 100644
--- a/db/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/db/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: '3'
 services:
     local-database:
-        image: "postgres:15.2"
+        image: "postgres:16.2"
         env_file:
             - postgres.env # configure postgres
         ports:
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ services:
         volumes:
             - pg-volume:/var/lib/postgresql/data/
     test-database:
-        image: "postgres:15.2"
+        image: "postgres:16.2"
         env_file:
             - postgres.env
         ports: