diff --git a/.template-application-rails/app-rails.yml b/.template-application-rails/app-rails.yml
index 311d755fb..43b771e3b 100644
--- a/.template-application-rails/app-rails.yml
+++ b/.template-application-rails/app-rails.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Changes here will be overwritten by Copier
-_commit: v0.4.1-12-g303a2bf
+_commit: v0.4.1-13-g3cc1971
 _src_path: https://github.com/navapbc/template-application-rails
 app_local_port: 3100
 app_name: app-rails
diff --git a/app-rails/bin/wait-for-local-postgres.sh b/app-rails/bin/wait-for-local-postgres.sh
index 5fdb86a16..f4eeb8d07 100755
--- a/app-rails/bin/wait-for-local-postgres.sh
+++ b/app-rails/bin/wait-for-local-postgres.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ if ! command -v pg_isready &>/dev/null; then
   echo ""
   echo "Please install postgresql:"
   echo "   MacOS: 'brew install postgresql'"
-  echo "   Linux: 'sudo apt install postgresql-client-14 postgresql-client-common'"
+  echo "   Linux: 'sudo apt install postgresql-client-16 postgresql-client-common'"
   echo ""
   echo "Sleeping for 5 seconds instead"
   sleep 5
diff --git a/app-rails/docker-compose.mock-production.yml b/app-rails/docker-compose.mock-production.yml
index 84828e397..cc493d632 100644
--- a/app-rails/docker-compose.mock-production.yml
+++ b/app-rails/docker-compose.mock-production.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 services:
   app-rails-database:
-    image: postgres:14-alpine
+    image: postgres:16-alpine
     command: postgres -c "log_lock_waits=on" -N 1000 -c "fsync=off"
     environment:
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: secret123
diff --git a/app-rails/docker-compose.yml b/app-rails/docker-compose.yml
index e94892145..61e3bfe61 100644
--- a/app-rails/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/app-rails/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 services:
   app-rails-database:
-    image: postgres:14-alpine
+    image: postgres:16-alpine
     command: postgres -c "log_lock_waits=on" -N 1000 -c "fsync=off"
     environment:
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: secret123