diff --git a/build/docker-compose-unit_test.yml b/build/docker-compose-unit_test.yml
index 9209bdf..cebc2f5 100644
--- a/build/docker-compose-unit_test.yml
+++ b/build/docker-compose-unit_test.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ services:
     restart: "no"
 
   db:
-    image: quay.io/cloudservices/postgresql-rds:14
+    image: quay.io/cloudservices/postgresql-rds:16
     ports:
       - 5432:5432
     environment:
diff --git a/build/docker-compose.yml b/build/docker-compose.yml
index a569adc..b855017 100644
--- a/build/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/build/docker-compose.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ services:
       KAFKA_ZOOKEEPER_CONNECT: zookeeper:2181
 
   db:
-    image: quay.io/cloudservices/postgresql-rds:14
+    image: quay.io/cloudservices/postgresql-rds:16
     ports:
       - 5432:5432
     environment:
diff --git a/unit_test.sh b/unit_test.sh
index a731bad..3d1ddc8 100755
--- a/unit_test.sh
+++ b/unit_test.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ cd $APP_ROOT
 API_IMAGE="local/remediations-consumer-test-${IMAGE_TAG}"
 API_CONTAINER_NAME="remediations-consumer-test-${IMAGE_TAG}"
 
-DB_IMAGE="quay.io/cloudservices/postgresql-rds:14"
+DB_IMAGE="quay.io/cloudservices/postgresql-rds:16"
 DB_CONTAINER_NAME="remediations-consumer-db-${IMAGE_TAG}"
 
 NETWORK="remediations-consumer-test-${IMAGE_TAG}"