diff --git a/manifests/kustomize/overlays/postgres/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/kustomize/overlays/postgres/kustomization.yaml
index 6a3822d8b..71bdaef0f 100644
--- a/manifests/kustomize/overlays/postgres/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/kustomize/overlays/postgres/kustomization.yaml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ generatorOptions:
 images:
 - name: postgres
   newName: postgres
-  newTag: 14.7-alpine3.17
+  newTag: 16.1-alpine3.17
 
 vars:
 - name: MLMD_DB_HOST