diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a8fc5cfd5..da140c289 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ services:
         max-file: "3"
 
   postgres:
-    image: postgres:16-alpine
+    image: postgres:18-alpine
     command: sh -c "if [ \"$REMOTE_DATABASE\" = \"true\" ]; then echo 'Postgres disabled in hosted environment' && exec tail -f /dev/null; else exec docker-entrypoint.sh postgres; fi"
     ports:
       - "${DBPORT}:5432"