diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 05a285ac..aca2dbbd 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   "org.jboss.spec.javax.ws.rs" % "jboss-jaxrs-api_2.1_spec" % "2.0.2.Final",
 
   "org.postgresql" % "postgresql" % "42.7.4",
-  "io.zonky.test.postgres" % "embedded-postgres-binaries-bom" % "16.6.0" % Test pomOnly(),
+  "io.zonky.test.postgres" % "embedded-postgres-binaries-bom" % "16.9.0" % Test pomOnly(),
   "io.zonky.test" % "embedded-postgres" % "2.1.0" % Test,
 
   "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "3.2.18" % Test,