diff --git a/todo-backend/charts/Chart.yaml b/todo-backend/charts/Chart.yaml
index 124cce3c6d..b8750279ba 100644
--- a/todo-backend/charts/Chart.yaml
+++ b/todo-backend/charts/Chart.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ appVersion: 31.0.0.Final
 dependencies:
     - name: postgresql
       repository: https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
-      version: 13.1.5
+      version: 16.2.2
     - name: wildfly
       repository: http://docs.wildfly.org/wildfly-charts/
       version: 2.3.2
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diff --git a/todo-backend/charts/values.yaml b/todo-backend/charts/values.yaml
index 84b1697f16..f621bfbbef 100644
--- a/todo-backend/charts/values.yaml
+++ b/todo-backend/charts/values.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
 
 postgresql:
+  image:
+    repository: bitnami/postgresql
+    tag: 17
   auth:
     username: todos-db
     password: todos-db
@@ -46,8 +49,7 @@ wildfly:
           value: "96"
       initContainers:
         - name: check-db-ready
-          image: postgres:9.6.5
+          image: bitnami/postgresql:17
           command: [ 'sh', '-c',
-              'until pg_isready -h todo-backend-postgresql -p 5432; 
+            'until pg_isready -h todo-backend-postgresql -p 5432; 
                     do echo waiting for database; sleep 2; done;' ]
-