diff --git a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/eks/backend-deployment.yaml b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/eks/backend-deployment.yaml
index b8fe8c99a..e67fb5ed5 100644
--- a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/eks/backend-deployment.yaml
+++ b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/eks/backend-deployment.yaml
@@ -35,13 +35,11 @@ spec:
           image: ${REPOSITORY_PREFIX}/pythonsampleapp/vehicle-inventory-service:latest
           name: vehicle-inventory-backend
           env:
-            - name: MYSQL_DATABASE
+            - name: POSTGRES_DATABASE
               value: vehicle_inventory
-            - name: MYSQL_PASSWORD
-              value: ${MYSQL_PASSWORD}
-            - name: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD
-              value: ${MYSQL_PASSWORD}
-            - name: MYSQL_USER
+            - name: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+              value: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
+            - name: POSTGRES_USER
               value: djangouser
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           ports:
diff --git a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/eks/db-deployment.yaml b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/eks/db-deployment.yaml
index a17059ce1..aafef6a6d 100644
--- a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/eks/db-deployment.yaml
+++ b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/eks/db-deployment.yaml
@@ -29,36 +29,31 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - env:
-            - name: MYSQL_DATABASE
+            - name: POSTGRES_DATABASE
               value: vehicle_inventory
-            - name: MYSQL_PASSWORD
-              value: ${MYSQL_PASSWORD}
-            - name: MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD
-              value: ${MYSQL_PASSWORD}
-            - name: MYSQL_USER
+            - name: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+              value: ${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}
+            - name: POSTGRES_USER
               value: djangouser
-          image: mysql:8.0
+          image: postgres:14.0
           livenessProbe:
             exec:
               command:
-                - mysql
-                - -h
-                - localhost
-                - -u
-                - root
-                - -p${MYSQL_PASSWORD}
-                - -e
-                - SELECT 1
+                - pg_isready
+                - -d
+                - vehicle_inventory
+                - -U
+                - djangouser
             failureThreshold: 10
             timeoutSeconds: 20
           name: vehicle-inventory-db
           ports:
-            - containerPort: 3306
-              hostPort: 3306
+            - containerPort: 5432
+              hostPort: 5432
               protocol: TCP
           resources: {}
           volumeMounts:
-            - mountPath: /var/lib/mysql
+            - mountPath: /var/lib/postgres
               name: data
       restartPolicy: Always
       volumes:
diff --git a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/local_script.sh b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/local_script.sh
index 88243da87..0f1625ffc 100644
--- a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/local_script.sh
+++ b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/local_script.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ rm VehicleInventoryApp/.env
 rm ImageServiceApp/.env
 rm .env
 
-echo "POSTGRES_ROOT_PASSWORD=${password}" >> VehicleInventoryApp/.env
 echo "POSTGRES_DATABASE=vehicle_inventory" >> VehicleInventoryApp/.env
 echo "POSTGRES_USER=djangouser" >> VehicleInventoryApp/.env
 echo "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${password}" >> VehicleInventoryApp/.env
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ echo "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}" >> ImageServiceApp/.env
 echo "AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=${AWS_SESSION_TOKEN}" >> ImageServiceApp/.env
 echo "S3_BUCKET=${s3_bucket}" >> ImageServiceApp/.env
 
-echo "POSTGRES_ROOT_PASSWORD=${password}" >> .env
 echo "POSTGRES_DATABASE=vehicle_inventory" >> .env
 echo "POSTGRES_USER=djangouser" >> .env
 echo "POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${password}" >> .env
diff --git a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/script.sh b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/script.sh
index 625f95469..6978b2243 100644
--- a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/script.sh
+++ b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/script.sh
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ rm ImageServiceApp/.env
 touch ImageServiceApp/.env
 
 export REPOSITORY_PREFIX=${account}.dkr.ecr.$region.amazonaws.com
-export MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=${password}
-export MYSQL_DATABASE=vehicle_inventory
-export MYSQL_USER=djangouser
-export MYSQL_PASSWORD=${password}
+export POSTGRES_DATABASE=vehicle_inventory
+export POSTGRES_USER=djangouser
+export POSTGRES_PASSWORD=${password}
 export S3_BUCKET=${s3_bucket}
 
 docker-compose build
diff --git a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/scripts/deploy-eks.sh b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/scripts/deploy-eks.sh
index e8ed528e3..c9f7aae8a 100755
--- a/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/scripts/deploy-eks.sh
+++ b/sample-applications/vehicle-dealership-sample-app/scripts/deploy-eks.sh
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ then
 else 
     for config in $(ls ./eks/*.yaml)
     do
-        sed  -e 's#\${REPOSITORY_PREFIX}'"#${REPOSITORY_PREFIX}#g" -e 's#\${MYSQL_PASSWORD}'"#${MYSQL_PASSWORD}#g" -e 's#\${S3_BUCKET}'"#${S3_BUCKET}#g" ${config} | kubectl ${OPERATION} -f -
+        sed  -e 's#\${REPOSITORY_PREFIX}'"#${REPOSITORY_PREFIX}#g" -e 's#\${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}'"#${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}#g" -e 's#\${S3_BUCKET}'"#${S3_BUCKET}#g" ${config} | kubectl ${OPERATION} -f -
     done
 
     for config in $(ls ./eks/k8s-nginx-ingress/*.yaml)
     do
-        sed  -e 's#\${REPOSITORY_PREFIX}'"#${REPOSITORY_PREFIX}#g" -e 's#\${MYSQL_PASSWORD}'"#${MYSQL_PASSWORD}#g" -e 's#\${S3_BUCKET}'"#${S3_BUCKET}#g" ${config} | kubectl ${OPERATION} -f -
+        sed  -e 's#\${REPOSITORY_PREFIX}'"#${REPOSITORY_PREFIX}#g" -e 's#\${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}'"#${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}#g" -e 's#\${S3_BUCKET}'"#${S3_BUCKET}#g" ${config} | kubectl ${OPERATION} -f -
     done
 fi
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