diff --git a/deploy/stacks/aurora.py b/deploy/stacks/aurora.py
index 5a96bea1a..6fe1975b0 100644
--- a/deploy/stacks/aurora.py
+++ b/deploy/stacks/aurora.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def __init__(
             self,
             f'AuroraDatabase{envname}',
             engine=rds.DatabaseClusterEngine.aurora_postgres(
-                version=rds.AuroraPostgresEngineVersion.VER_10_18
+                version=rds.AuroraPostgresEngineVersion.VER_11_16
             ),
             deletion_protection=True,
             cluster_identifier=f'{resource_prefix}-{envname}-db',