diff --git a/docker/compose/withPostgres/docker-compose.yml b/docker/compose/withPostgres/docker-compose.yml
index 57f83f328a..f0ba4ef4ab 100644
--- a/docker/compose/withPostgres/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/compose/withPostgres/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ volumes:
 
 services:
   postgres:
-    image: postgres:11
+    image: postgres:16
     restart: always
     environment:
       - POSTGRES_USER
diff --git a/docker/compose/withPostgres/init-data.sh b/docker/compose/withPostgres/init-data.sh
index 69a8d79e1e..dffb61e84e 100755
--- a/docker/compose/withPostgres/init-data.sh
+++ b/docker/compose/withPostgres/init-data.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ if [ -n "${POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_USER:-}" ] && [ -n "${POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_PASSWORD:-}
 	psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 --username "$POSTGRES_USER" --dbname "$POSTGRES_DB" <<-EOSQL
 		CREATE USER ${POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_USER} WITH PASSWORD '${POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_PASSWORD}';
 		GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE ${POSTGRES_DB} TO ${POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_USER};
-	EOSQL
+		GRANT CREATE ON SCHEMA public TO ${POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_USER};
+ EOSQL
 else
 	echo "SETUP INFO: No Environment variables given!"
 fi
diff --git a/docker/compose/withPostgresAndWorker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/compose/withPostgresAndWorker/docker-compose.yml
index 038490e941..5dd8e942e7 100644
--- a/docker/compose/withPostgresAndWorker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/compose/withPostgresAndWorker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ x-shared: &shared
 
 services:
   postgres:
-    image: postgres:11
+    image: postgres:16
     restart: always
     environment:
       - POSTGRES_USER
diff --git a/docker/compose/withPostgresAndWorker/init-data.sh b/docker/compose/withPostgresAndWorker/init-data.sh
index 69a8d79e1e..f98a972ed6 100755
--- a/docker/compose/withPostgresAndWorker/init-data.sh
+++ b/docker/compose/withPostgresAndWorker/init-data.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ if [ -n "${POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_USER:-}" ] && [ -n "${POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_PASSWORD:-}
 	psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 --username "$POSTGRES_USER" --dbname "$POSTGRES_DB" <<-EOSQL
 		CREATE USER ${POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_USER} WITH PASSWORD '${POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_PASSWORD}';
 		GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE ${POSTGRES_DB} TO ${POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_USER};
+		GRANT CREATE ON SCHEMA public TO ${POSTGRES_NON_ROOT_USER};
 	EOSQL
 else
 	echo "SETUP INFO: No Environment variables given!"