diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 4992db33a384d7d06fab69b9740a440e9cc9516d..6b5cc57f871238f82ba539fb05e4adedecce9602 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -69,10 +69,10 @@ Backup & restore
 To dump the database::
 
     $ docker run --rm --link csentry_postgres:postgres --net csentry_default -e PGPASSWORD="<csentry_password>"
-      postgres:9.6 pg_dump -h postgres -U csentry csentry_db | gzip > csentry_db.dump.gz
+      postgres:10 pg_dump -h postgres -U csentry csentry_db | gzip > csentry_db.dump.gz
 
 
 To restore the database::
 
     $ gunzip -c csentry_db.dump.g | docker run --rm --link csentry_postgres:postgres --net csentry_default
-      -e PGPASSWORD="<csentry_password>" -i postgres:9.6 psql -h postgres -U csentry csentry_db
+      -e PGPASSWORD="<csentry_password>" -i postgres:10 psql -h postgres -U csentry csentry_db
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 28cc8fcbe52df49e53701354d1498fce7846f5f4..dc458e6e13d991847ebd27dc544af8d5954af4df 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - postgres
   postgres:
-    image: postgres:9.6
+    image: postgres:10
     container_name: csentry_postgres
     expose:
       - "5432"