diff --git a/.env b/.env
index ae266af80da..d5cffcec0aa 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 APP_IMAGE=gdcc/dataverse:unstable
-POSTGRES_VERSION=13
+POSTGRES_VERSION=16
 DATAVERSE_DB_USER=dataverse
 SOLR_VERSION=9.3.0
 SKIP_DEPLOY=0
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