diff --git a/.github/deployment/self-host/compose.yaml b/.github/deployment/self-host/compose.yaml
index cbc1d4b0b2..dde7dc8ba0 100644
--- a/.github/deployment/self-host/compose.yaml
+++ b/.github/deployment/self-host/compose.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ services:
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5
   postgres:
-    image: postgres
+    image: postgres:16
     container_name: affine_postgres
     restart: unless-stopped
     volumes: