diff --git a/components/service-operator/Makefile b/components/service-operator/Makefile
index d60b9790a..80417d58b 100644
--- a/components/service-operator/Makefile
+++ b/components/service-operator/Makefile
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ internal/aws/cloudformation/cloudformationfakes/fake_stack.go: internal/aws/clou
 	go generate ./internal/aws/cloudformation
 
 # Build the docker image
-docker-build: test
+docker-build:
 	docker build . -t ${IMG}
 	@echo "updating kustomize image patch file for manager resource"
 	sed -i'' -e 's@image: .*@image: '"${IMG}"'@' ./config/default/manager_image_patch.yaml
diff --git a/components/service-operator/apis/database/v1beta1/postgres_types.go b/components/service-operator/apis/database/v1beta1/postgres_types.go
index 1aa5e0ef0..22ab8ad06 100644
--- a/components/service-operator/apis/database/v1beta1/postgres_types.go
+++ b/components/service-operator/apis/database/v1beta1/postgres_types.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ func init() {
 
 const (
 	Engine                       = "aurora-postgresql"
+	EngineVersion                = "10.13"
 	Family                       = "aurora-postgresql10"
 	DefaultClass                 = "db.r5.large"
 	DefaultInstanceCount         = 2
@@ -154,6 +155,7 @@ func (p *Postgres) GetStackTemplate() (*cloudformation.Template, error) {
 
 	template.Resources[PostgresResourceCluster] = &cloudformation.AWSRDSDBCluster{
 		Engine:                      Engine,
+		EngineVersion:               EngineVersion,
 		MasterUsername:              masterUsernameSecretRef,
 		MasterUserPassword:          masterPasswordSecretRef,
 		DBClusterParameterGroupName: cloudformation.Ref(PostgresResourceClusterParameterGroup),
@@ -180,6 +182,7 @@ func (p *Postgres) GetStackTemplate() (*cloudformation.Template, error) {
 			DBClusterIdentifier:     cloudformation.Ref(PostgresResourceCluster),
 			DBInstanceClass:         coalesce(p.Spec.AWS.InstanceType, DefaultClass),
 			Engine:                  Engine,
+			EngineVersion:           EngineVersion,
 			PubliclyAccessible:      false,
 			DBParameterGroupName:    cloudformation.Ref(PostgresResourceParameterGroup),
 			Tags:                    tags,
diff --git a/components/service-operator/apis/database/v1beta1/postgres_types_test.go b/components/service-operator/apis/database/v1beta1/postgres_types_test.go
index 6630fb9eb..a38ab9158 100644
--- a/components/service-operator/apis/database/v1beta1/postgres_types_test.go
+++ b/components/service-operator/apis/database/v1beta1/postgres_types_test.go
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Postgres", func() {
 
 			It("should have an RDS cluster resource with sensible defaults", func() {
 				Expect(cluster.Engine).To(Equal("aurora-postgresql"))
+				Expect(cluster.EngineVersion).To(HavePrefix("10"))
 				Expect(cluster.DBClusterParameterGroupName).ToNot(BeEmpty())
 				Expect(cluster.VpcSecurityGroupIds).ToNot(BeNil())
 				Expect(cluster.MasterUsername).ToNot(BeEmpty())
@@ -247,6 +248,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Postgres", func() {
 					Expect(instance.PubliclyAccessible).To(BeFalse())
 					Expect(instance.DBInstanceClass).To(Equal("db.r5.large"))
 					Expect(instance.Engine).To(Equal("aurora-postgresql"))
+					Expect(instance.EngineVersion).To(HavePrefix("10"))
 					Expect(instance.Tags).To(Equal(tags))
 					Expect(instance.DeleteAutomatedBackups).To(Equal(false))
 					Expect(instance.CACertificateIdentifier).To(Equal("rds-ca-2019"))