diff --git a/rails_api/Gemfile b/rails_api/Gemfile
index 9db4fac..f31faf5 100644
--- a/rails_api/Gemfile
+++ b/rails_api/Gemfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem "rails", github: "rails/rails", branch: "main"
 gem "rails", "~> 8.0.0"
 # Use postgresql as the database for Active Record
-gem "pg", "~> 1.5"
+gem "pg", "~> 1.6"
 # Use the Puma web server [https://github.com/puma/puma]
 gem "puma", ">= 5.0"
 # Build JSON APIs with ease [https://github.com/rails/jbuilder]
diff --git a/rails_api/Gemfile.lock b/rails_api/Gemfile.lock
index b47f697..c0b3eba 100644
--- a/rails_api/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/rails_api/Gemfile.lock
@@ -134,7 +134,13 @@ GEM
       racc (~> 1.4)
     nokogiri (1.17.1-x86_64-linux)
       racc (~> 1.4)
-    pg (1.5.9)
+    pg (1.6.2)
+    pg (1.6.2-aarch64-linux)
+    pg (1.6.2-aarch64-linux-musl)
+    pg (1.6.2-arm64-darwin)
+    pg (1.6.2-x86_64-darwin)
+    pg (1.6.2-x86_64-linux)
+    pg (1.6.2-x86_64-linux-musl)
     psych (5.2.0)
       stringio
     puma (6.5.0)
@@ -217,7 +223,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   bootsnap
   debug
   jbuilder
-  pg (~> 1.5)
+  pg (~> 1.6)
   puma (>= 5.0)
   rack-cors
   rails (~> 8.0.0)