diff --git a/.github/workflows/bats-postgres.yml b/.github/workflows/bats-postgres.yml
index 464552601..c2aefef04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bats-postgres.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bats-postgres.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 30
     services:
       database:
-        image: postgres:14
+        image: postgres:15
         env:
           POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "secret"
         ports:
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
 
+    - name: "Install pg_dump v15"
+      # we can remove this when it's released on ubuntu-latest
+      run: |
+          sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt $(lsb_release -cs)-pgdg main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list'
+          wget -qO- https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/pgdg.asc &>/dev/null
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt -qq -y -o=Dpkg::Use-Pty=0 install postgresql-client-15
+
     - name: "Force machineid"
       run: |
           sudo chmod +w /etc/machine-id
diff --git a/test/lib/db/instance-postgres b/test/lib/db/instance-postgres
index d1ebf81c0..918aa63c9 100755
--- a/test/lib/db/instance-postgres
+++ b/test/lib/db/instance-postgres
@@ -42,10 +42,9 @@ exec_sql() {
 
 setup() {
     exec_sql "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS crowdsec_test;"
-    exec_sql "CREATE DATABASE crowdsec_test;"
     exec_sql "DROP USER IF EXISTS crowdsec_test;"
     exec_sql "CREATE USER crowdsec_test WITH ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'crowdsec_test';"
-    exec_sql "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE crowdsec_test TO crowdsec_test;"
+    exec_sql "CREATE DATABASE crowdsec_test OWNER crowdsec_test;"
 }
 
 dump() {