diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 732af81..1c383e9 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ARG APT_KEY_DONT_WARN_ON_DANGEROUS_USAGE=TRUE
+ARG POSTGRES_VERSION=17
 
 RUN apt-get update \
   && apt-get install -y wget lsb-release \
   && /bin/bash -c 'echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt $(lsb_release -cs)-pgdg main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list' \
   && wget --quiet -O - https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | apt-key add - \
   && apt-get update \
-  && apt-get install -y postgresql-client \
+  && apt-get install -y postgresql-client-$POSTGRES_VERSION \
   && /usr/local/bin/cpanm DBI DBD::Pg
 
 COPY . .