diff --git a/systemd/postgres.container b/systemd/postgres.container
index 85e96ba..f214177 100644
--- a/systemd/postgres.container
+++ b/systemd/postgres.container
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Description=postgres
 [Container]
 ContainerName=postgres
 HealthCmd=sh -c 'pg_isready -q -d "$POSTGRES_DB" -U "$POSTGRES_USER"'
-Image=docker.io/library/postgres:15.15-alpine
+Image=docker.io/library/postgres:18.1-alpine
 Network=backend.network
 PodmanArgs=--cpus=2 --memory=512m
 Secret=POSTGRES_DB,type=env