diff --git a/tests/src/test/java/com/seeburger/bis6resources/tests/PostgresTests.java b/tests/src/test/java/com/seeburger/bis6resources/tests/PostgresTests.java
index bcc699a..00002fc 100644
--- a/tests/src/test/java/com/seeburger/bis6resources/tests/PostgresTests.java
+++ b/tests/src/test/java/com/seeburger/bis6resources/tests/PostgresTests.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static void setUpBeforeClass()
         System.out.println("Starting container...");
 
         // we do this here to not hide the fail reason in Initializer Exception
-        dbContainer = new PostgreSQLContainer<>(DockerImageName.parse("postgres:16"));
+        dbContainer = new PostgreSQLContainer<>(DockerImageName.parse("postgres:17"));
 
         dbContainer.start();
         System.out.println("done.");