diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 97557b365..5f99661b3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ You need either a default profile set up or you need to set the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_I
 
 Set up the database
 ```
-docker run --name postgres -p 5432:5432 -e POSTGRES_USER=tdr -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password -e POSTGRES_DB=consignmentapi -d postgres:14.4
+docker run --name postgres -p 5432:5432 -e POSTGRES_USER=tdr -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password -e POSTGRES_DB=consignmentapi -d postgres:17.2
 git clone https://github.com/nationalarchives/tdr-consignment-api-data.git
 cd tdr-consignment-api-data.git
 sbt flywayMigrate