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 # dokku postgres [![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/dokku/dokku-postgres/ci.yml?branch=master&style=flat-square "Build Status")](https://github.com/dokku/dokku-postgres/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Amaster) [![IRC Network](https://img.shields.io/badge/irc-libera-blue.svg?style=flat-square "IRC Libera")](https://webchat.libera.chat/?channels=dokku)
 
-Official postgres plugin for dokku. Currently defaults to installing [postgres 16.4](https://hub.docker.com/_/postgres/).
+Official postgres plugin for dokku. Currently defaults to installing [postgres 17.0](https://hub.docker.com/_/postgres/).
 
 ## Requirements
 
diff --git a/plugin.toml b/plugin.toml
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 [plugin]
 description = "dokku postgres service plugin"
-version = "1.38.0"
+version = "1.39.0"
 [plugin.config]