diff --git a/deploy/crds/awx_v1beta1_molecule.yaml b/deploy/crds/awx_v1beta1_molecule.yaml
index da7af132..24f68d28 100644
--- a/deploy/crds/awx_v1beta1_molecule.yaml
+++ b/deploy/crds/awx_v1beta1_molecule.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ spec:
   tower_redis_image: redis:latest
 
   tower_postgres_pass: awxpass
-  tower_postgres_image: postgres:10
+  tower_postgres_image: postgres:12
   tower_postgres_storage_request: 8Gi
   tower_postgres_storage_class: ''
diff --git a/deploy/olm-catalog/awx-operator/manifests/awx-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/deploy/olm-catalog/awx-operator/manifests/awx-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index ca12ffe5..b7cbf7a3 100644
--- a/deploy/olm-catalog/awx-operator/manifests/awx-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/deploy/olm-catalog/awx-operator/manifests/awx-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ metadata:
             "tower_hostname": "example-awx.test",
             "tower_ingress_type": "ingress",
             "tower_memcached_image": "memcached:alpine",
-            "tower_postgres_image": "postgres:10",
+            "tower_postgres_image": "postgres:12",
             "tower_postgres_pass": "awxpass",
             "tower_postgres_storage_class": "",
             "tower_postgres_storage_request": "8Gi",
diff --git a/roles/awx/defaults/main.yml b/roles/awx/defaults/main.yml
index 3d8cedfb..c643e108 100644
--- a/roles/awx/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/awx/defaults/main.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ tower_web_extra_volume_mounts: ''
 tower_redis_image: redis:latest
 
 tower_postgres_pass: awxpass
-tower_postgres_image: postgres:10
+tower_postgres_image: postgres:12
 tower_postgres_storage_request: 8Gi
 tower_postgres_storage_class: ''