diff --git a/docker-compose-dev.yml b/docker-compose-dev.yml
index bfe9633916..da114713c7 100644
--- a/docker-compose-dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-dev.yml
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ services:
       <<: *catalog-config
       DATABASE_URL: postgres://postgres:postgres@catalog:5432/postgres
       PEERDB_FLOW_SERVER_HTTP: http://flow_api:8113
-      PEERDB_PASSWORD: peerdb
+      PEERDB_PASSWORD:
 
 volumes:
   pgdata:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 91a65d6fcf..a4f2205cec 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       <<: *catalog-config
       PEERDB_LOG_DIR: /var/log/peerdb
-      PEERDB_PASSWORD: peerdb
+      PEERDB_PASSWORD:
       PEERDB_FLOW_SERVER_ADDRESS: grpc://flow_api:8112
       RUST_LOG: info
       RUST_BACKTRACE: 1