diff --git a/.env.dist b/.env.dist
index a76b669..cadbb50 100644
--- a/.env.dist
+++ b/.env.dist
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME=dev
-COMPOSE_FILE=docker-compose.yml:database/adminer/adminer.yml:database/mysql/5.yml:database/postgres/9.yml:database/postgres/14.yml:docker-compose.compatibility.yml
+COMPOSE_FILE=docker-compose.yml:database/adminer/adminer.yml:database/mysql/5.yml:database/postgres/9.yml:database/postgres/16.yml:docker-compose.compatibility.yml
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8f8e9c6..90f6226 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,14 +55,12 @@ The base stack contains the minimal configuration related to web development.
 
 The default configuration include 3 databases containers : mysql 5, postgres 9 and postgres 14. You can change the loaded containers by changing the `COMPOSE_FILE` environment variable in the `.env` file.
 
-The default configuration is
-
-	COMPOSE_FILE=docker-compose.yml:database/adminer/adminer.yml:database/mysql/5.yml:database/postgres/9.yml:database/postgres/14.yml:docker-compose.compatibility.yml
+The default configuration can be found in the `.env.dist` file.
 
 
 The repository currently supports these databases:
 
- - postgresql 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
+ - postgresql 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
  - mysql 5
  - mariadb 10
 
diff --git a/database/postgres/16.yml b/database/postgres/16.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab3653b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/database/postgres/16.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+services:
+  pgsql_16:
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    image: postgres:16
+    networks:
+      private:
+    volumes:
+      - pgsql_16:/var/lib/postgres/data
+    environment:
+      PGDATA: /var/lib/postgres/data
+      POSTGRES_USER: postgres
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: root
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U $${POSTGRES_USER}"]
+      timeout: 5s
+      start_period: 10s
+
+volumes:
+  pgsql_16: