diff --git a/delta/app/src/test/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/delta/dependency/PostgresServiceDependencySpec.scala b/delta/app/src/test/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/delta/dependency/PostgresServiceDependencySpec.scala
index 4e04001c07..e92a8c58e2 100644
--- a/delta/app/src/test/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/delta/dependency/PostgresServiceDependencySpec.scala
+++ b/delta/app/src/test/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/delta/dependency/PostgresServiceDependencySpec.scala
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class PostgresServiceDependencySpec extends CatsEffectSpec with DoobieScalaTestF
   "PostgresServiceDependency" should {
 
     "fetch its service name and version" in {
-      new PostgresServiceDependency(xas).serviceDescription.accepted shouldEqual ServiceDescription("postgres", "16.5")
+      new PostgresServiceDependency(xas).serviceDescription.accepted shouldEqual ServiceDescription("postgres", "17.2")
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/delta/testkit/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/testkit/postgres/PostgresContainer.scala b/delta/testkit/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/testkit/postgres/PostgresContainer.scala
index 3e2f61ebd0..104a9db6a7 100644
--- a/delta/testkit/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/testkit/postgres/PostgresContainer.scala
+++ b/delta/testkit/src/main/scala/ch/epfl/bluebrain/nexus/testkit/postgres/PostgresContainer.scala
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import scala.concurrent.duration.DurationInt
 import scala.jdk.DurationConverters.ScalaDurationOps
 
 class PostgresContainer(user: String, password: String, database: String)
-    extends GenericContainer[PostgresContainer](DockerImageName.parse("library/postgres:16.5")) {
+    extends GenericContainer[PostgresContainer](DockerImageName.parse("library/postgres:17.2")) {
   addEnv("POSTGRES_USER", user)
   addEnv("POSTGRES_PASSWORD", password)
-  addEnv("POSTGRES_DB222", database)
+  addEnv("POSTGRES_DB", database)
   addExposedPort(5432)
   setWaitStrategy(Wait.forLogMessage(".*database system is ready to accept connections.*\\s", 2))
   setCommand("postgres", "-c", "fsync=off")
diff --git a/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/delta/api/assets/version.json b/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/delta/api/assets/version.json
index 7c6800d32d..ee6d30fab6 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/delta/api/assets/version.json
+++ b/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/delta/api/assets/version.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "delta": "1.10.0",
   "dependencies": {
     "blazegraph": "2.1.6-RC-21-jre",
-    "postgresql": "16.5",
+    "postgresql": "17.2",
     "elasticsearch": "8.16.1"
   },
   "plugins": {
diff --git a/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/running-nexus/docker/docker-compose.yaml b/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/running-nexus/docker/docker-compose.yaml
index bb774979c1..c695142d34 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/running-nexus/docker/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/running-nexus/docker/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ services:
           memory: 512M
 
   postgres:
-    image: library/postgres:16.5
+    image: library/postgres:17.2
     environment:
       POSTGRES_USER: "postgres"
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "postgres"
diff --git a/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/running-nexus/index.md b/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/running-nexus/index.md
index 2b43c1678a..b79ed4716b 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/running-nexus/index.md
+++ b/docs/src/main/paradox/docs/running-nexus/index.md
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ $ curl http://localhost/v1/version | jq
   "dependencies": {
     "blazegraph": "2.1.6-SNAPSHOT",
     "elasticsearch": "8.16.1",
-    "postgres": "16.5"
+    "postgres": "17.2"
   },
   "environment": "dev",
   "plugins": {
diff --git a/tests/docker/docker-compose.yml b/tests/docker/docker-compose.yml
index cc84e92044..9ab3540520 100644
--- a/tests/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/tests/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ services:
       - ./config:/config
 
   postgres:
-    image: library/postgres:16.5
+    image: library/postgres:17.2
     ports:
       - 5432:5432
     environment: