diff --git a/inventories/chaosknoten/host_vars/cloud.yaml b/inventories/chaosknoten/host_vars/cloud.yaml
index 8f299b2d..4f797e6a 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: 34
 # renovate: datasource=docker depName=docker.io/library/postgres
-nextcloud__postgres_version: 15.18
+nextcloud__postgres_version: 18.4
 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/lists/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2 b/resources/chaosknoten/lists/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2
index f6194cb3..a2a1bc15 100644
--- a/resources/chaosknoten/lists/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2
+++ b/resources/chaosknoten/lists/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ services:
       - POSTGRES_DB=mailmandb
       - POSTGRES_USER=mailman
       - "POSTGRES_PASSWORD={{ secret__lists__postgres_password }}"
-    image: docker.io/library/postgres:12-alpine
+    image: docker.io/library/postgres:18-alpine
     volumes:
       - /opt/mailman/database:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     networks:
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ services:
     restart: unless-stopped
     command: ["uv", "run", "main.py", "sync"]
     environment:
-      - DRY_RUN=true
+      - DRY_RUN=false
       - KEYCLOAK_CLIENT_ID=mailman-sync
       - KEYCLOAK_CLIENT_SECRET={{ secret__lists__keycloak_client_secret }}
       - KEYCLOAK_REALM=ccchh
diff --git a/resources/chaosknoten/pretalx/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2 b/resources/chaosknoten/pretalx/docker_compose/compose.yaml.j2
index dea2dfb1..ccc49bab 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 }}"