diff --git a/src/bookshelf/habitat/plan.sh b/src/bookshelf/habitat/plan.sh
index 8bbb9d5db7..a78b34299e 100644
--- a/src/bookshelf/habitat/plan.sh
+++ b/src/bookshelf/habitat/plan.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ pkg_deps=(
   core/coreutils
   core/gcc-libs
   core/sqitch
+  core/postgresql-client
 )
 pkg_build_deps=(core/make core/git core/gcc)
 pkg_bin_dirs=(bin)
diff --git a/src/oc-id/habitat/plan.sh b/src/oc-id/habitat/plan.sh
index e894ceea99..a9f3fa4195 100644
--- a/src/oc-id/habitat/plan.sh
+++ b/src/oc-id/habitat/plan.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ pkg_maintainer="The Chef Server Maintainers <support@chef.io>"
 pkg_license=('Apache-2.0')
 pkg_deps=(
   core/sqitch
+  core/postgresql-client
   core/curl
   core/node14
   core/ruby31/3.1.6/20240912144513
diff --git a/src/oc_bifrost/habitat/plan.sh b/src/oc_bifrost/habitat/plan.sh
index 30c2be9d6c..ff226d1b91 100644
--- a/src/oc_bifrost/habitat/plan.sh
+++ b/src/oc_bifrost/habitat/plan.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ pkg_deps=(
   core/curl
   core/gcc-libs
   core/sqitch
+  core/postgresql-client
 )
 pkg_build_deps=(core/make core/git core/gcc)
 pkg_bin_dirs=(bin)
diff --git a/src/oc_erchef/habitat/plan.sh b/src/oc_erchef/habitat/plan.sh
index 2295a0ec90..e33ccc7c9d 100644
--- a/src/oc_erchef/habitat/plan.sh
+++ b/src/oc_erchef/habitat/plan.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pkg_deps=(
   core/gcc-libs
   core/ruby31/3.1.6/20240912144513
   core/sqitch
+  core/postgresql-client
   core/gecode
   core/libffi
   core/glibc