diff --git a/deployment/ansible/group_vars/all b/deployment/ansible/group_vars/all
index f7964c08..73e78987 100644
--- a/deployment/ansible/group_vars/all
+++ b/deployment/ansible/group_vars/all
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ papertrail_log_files:
     - "/var/log/event-feed.log"
     - "/var/log/upstart/otp.log"
 
-postgresql_version: "9.6"
-postgresql_package_version: "9.6.*"
+postgresql_version: "12"
+postgresql_package_version: "12.*.*"
 postgresql_support_libpq_version: "*"
 
 postgresql_listen_addresses: "*"
diff --git a/deployment/ansible/roles/cac-tripplanner.database/defaults/main.yml b/deployment/ansible/roles/cac-tripplanner.database/defaults/main.yml
index b9446643..8400892e 100644
--- a/deployment/ansible/roles/cac-tripplanner.database/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/deployment/ansible/roles/cac-tripplanner.database/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 # postgresql defaults copied from azavea.postgresql
-postgresql_version: "9.6"
-postgresql_package_version: "9.6.*"
+postgresql_version: "12"
+postgresql_package_version: "12.*.*"
 postgresql_listen_addresses: localhost
 postgresql_port: 5432
 postgresql_data_directory: /var/lib/postgresql/{{ postgresql_version }}/main