diff --git a/.changeset/slimy-fishes-kneel.md b/.changeset/slimy-fishes-kneel.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f947499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/slimy-fishes-kneel.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@cartesi/cli": patch
+---
+
+bump postgresql to 16
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/node/docker-compose-database.yaml b/apps/cli/src/node/docker-compose-database.yaml
index fb661ab1..e5a66dc4 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/node/docker-compose-database.yaml
+++ b/apps/cli/src/node/docker-compose-database.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 services:
     database:
-        image: postgres:15-alpine
+        image: postgres:16-alpine
         healthcheck:
             test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U postgres || exit 1"]
             interval: 10s
diff --git a/apps/cli/src/node/docker-compose-explorer.yaml b/apps/cli/src/node/docker-compose-explorer.yaml
index f73b2fb2..716a7a9e 100644
--- a/apps/cli/src/node/docker-compose-explorer.yaml
+++ b/apps/cli/src/node/docker-compose-explorer.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 services:
     database_creator:
-        image: postgres:15-alpine
+        image: postgres:16-alpine
         command: ["createdb", "squid"]
         depends_on:
             database: