diff --git a/docker-compose.db.yml b/docker-compose.db.yml
index f23df32550..0e1cd40712 100644
--- a/docker-compose.db.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.db.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 version: "3.7"
 services:
   db:
-    image: postgres:14
+    image: postgres:16
     container_name: marquez-db
     ports:
       - "${POSTGRES_PORT}:${POSTGRES_PORT}"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 0b6eb02259..0df245998c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ services:
     entrypoint: ["/opt/marquez/wait-for-it.sh", "db:${POSTGRES_PORT}", "--", "./entrypoint.sh"]
 
   db:
-    image: postgres:14
+    image: postgres:16
     container_name: marquez-db
     ports:
       - "${POSTGRES_PORT}:${POSTGRES_PORT}"