diff --git a/inventories/chaosknoten/host_vars/cloud.yaml b/inventories/chaosknoten/host_vars/cloud.yaml
index 0cbcd4d..e1bc1cc 100644
--- a/inventories/chaosknoten/host_vars/cloud.yaml
+++ b/inventories/chaosknoten/host_vars/cloud.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # renovate: datasource=docker depName=git.hamburg.ccc.de/ccchh/oci-images/nextcloud
 nextcloud__version: 32
 # renovate: datasource=docker depName=docker.io/library/postgres
-nextcloud__postgres_version: 15.14
+nextcloud__postgres_version: 18.1
 nextcloud__fqdn: cloud.hamburg.ccc.de
 nextcloud__data_dir: /data/nextcloud
 nextcloud__extra_configuration: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.template', 'resources/chaosknoten/cloud/nextcloud/extra_configuration.config.php.j2') }}"
diff --git a/resources/chaosknoten/keycloak/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2 b/resources/chaosknoten/keycloak/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2
index 9fde708..562df5c 100644
--- a/resources/chaosknoten/keycloak/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2
+++ b/resources/chaosknoten/keycloak/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ services:
       - "8080:8080"
 
   db:
-    image: docker.io/library/postgres:15.14
+    image: docker.io/library/postgres:18.1
     restart: unless-stopped
     networks:
       - keycloak
diff --git a/resources/chaosknoten/lists/docker_compose/compose.yaml b/resources/chaosknoten/lists/docker_compose/compose.yaml
index cdfd70a..7050a8b 100644
--- a/resources/chaosknoten/lists/docker_compose/compose.yaml
+++ b/resources/chaosknoten/lists/docker_compose/compose.yaml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ services:
       - POSTGRES_DB=mailmandb
       - POSTGRES_USER=mailman
       - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=wvQjbMRnwFuxGEPz
-    image: docker.io/library/postgres:12-alpine
+    image: docker.io/library/postgres:18-alpine
     volumes:
       - /opt/mailman/database:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     networks:
diff --git a/resources/chaosknoten/pad/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2 b/resources/chaosknoten/pad/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2
index 455caa3..b27229b 100644
--- a/resources/chaosknoten/pad/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2
+++ b/resources/chaosknoten/pad/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 services:
   database:
-    image: docker.io/library/postgres:15-alpine
+    image: docker.io/library/postgres:18-alpine
     environment:
       - "POSTGRES_USER=hedgedoc"
       - "POSTGRES_PASSWORD={{ secret__hedgedoc_db_password }}"
diff --git a/resources/chaosknoten/pretalx/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2 b/resources/chaosknoten/pretalx/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2
index 3de7eac..836ee09 100644
--- a/resources/chaosknoten/pretalx/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2
+++ b/resources/chaosknoten/pretalx/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 services:
   database:
-    image: docker.io/library/postgres:15-alpine
+    image: docker.io/library/postgres:18-alpine
     environment:
       - "POSTGRES_USER=pretalx"
       - "POSTGRES_PASSWORD={{ secret__pretalx_db_password }}"
diff --git a/resources/chaosknoten/tickets/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2 b/resources/chaosknoten/tickets/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2
index 6509a99..afc65fd 100644
--- a/resources/chaosknoten/tickets/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2
+++ b/resources/chaosknoten/tickets/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 services:
   database:
-    image: docker.io/library/postgres:15-alpine
+    image: docker.io/library/postgres:18-alpine
     environment:
       - "POSTGRES_USER=pretix"
       - "POSTGRES_PASSWORD={{ secret__pretix_db_password }}"