diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 990e759aa..60651d424 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ In order to run the integrations tests for the gRPC API, PostgreSQL and Cockroac
 
 ```bash
 export INTEGRATION_DB_FLAVOR="cockroach" ZITADEL_MASTERKEY="MasterkeyNeedsToHave32Characters"
-docker compose -f internal/integration/config/docker-compose.yaml up --wait ${INTEGRATION_DB_FLAVOR}
+docker compose -f internal/integration/config/docker-compose.yaml up --pull always --wait ${INTEGRATION_DB_FLAVOR}
 make core_integration_test
 docker compose -f internal/integration/config/docker-compose.yaml down
 ```
diff --git a/internal/integration/config/docker-compose.yaml b/internal/integration/config/docker-compose.yaml
index a43cecf33..bd8345210 100644
--- a/internal/integration/config/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/internal/integration/config/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ services:
   
   postgres:
     restart: 'always'
-    image: 'postgres:15'
+    image: 'postgres:latest'
     environment:
       - POSTGRES_USER=zitadel
       - PGUSER=zitadel