diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7fb3549..2bca97c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ COPY src/ src/
 RUN cargo build --release
 
 # Stage 3: Final image
-FROM debian:bookworm-slim
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ca-certificates libssl3 postgresql-16 && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+FROM postgres:16
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates libssl3 && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-ENV PATH="/usr/lib/postgresql/16/bin:$PATH"
 ENV PGDATA=/var/lib/postgresql/data
 ENV DATABASE_URL=postgres://mercury:mercury@127.0.0.1/mercury