diff --git a/docker/db.entities.yml b/docker/db.entities.yml
index c532d15857..60ad6e388d 100644
--- a/docker/db.entities.yml
+++ b/docker/db.entities.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # # Therefore, it should be kept in sync with that file
 services:
   dspacedb:
-    image: "${DOCKER_REGISTRY:-docker.io}/${DOCKER_OWNER:-dspace}/dspace-postgres-pgcrypto:${DSPACE_VER:-latest}-loadsql"
+    image: "${DOCKER_REGISTRY:-docker.io}/${DOCKER_OWNER:-dspace}/dspace-postgres-loadsql:${DSPACE_VER:-latest}"
     environment:
       # This LOADSQL should be kept in sync with the URL in DSpace/DSpace
       # This SQL is available from https://github.com/DSpace-Labs/AIP-Files/releases/tag/demo-entities-data
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose-ci.yml b/docker/docker-compose-ci.yml
index 654d1d9bb7..e8c094025a 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose-ci.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose-ci.yml
@@ -60,13 +60,15 @@ services:
   # NOTE: This is customized to use our loadsql image, so that we are using a database with existing test data
   dspacedb:
     container_name: dspacedb
-    image: "${DOCKER_REGISTRY:-docker.io}/${DOCKER_OWNER:-dspace}/dspace-postgres-pgcrypto:${DSPACE_VER:-latest}-loadsql"
+    image: "${DOCKER_REGISTRY:-docker.io}/${DOCKER_OWNER:-dspace}/dspace-postgres-loadsql:${DSPACE_VER:-latest}"
     environment:
       # This LOADSQL should be kept in sync with the LOADSQL in
       # https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/blob/main/dspace/src/main/docker-compose/db.entities.yml
       # This SQL is available from https://github.com/DSpace-Labs/AIP-Files/releases/tag/demo-entities-data
       LOADSQL: https://github.com/DSpace-Labs/AIP-Files/releases/download/demo-entities-data/dspace7-entities-data.sql
       PGDATA: /pgdata
+      POSTGRES_DB: dspace
+      POSTGRES_USER: dspace
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: dspace
     networks:
       - dspacenet
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose-rest.yml b/docker/docker-compose-rest.yml
index be037dac3a..6521696d75 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose-rest.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose-rest.yml
@@ -67,10 +67,12 @@ services:
   # DSpace database container    
   dspacedb:
     container_name: dspacedb
-    # Uses a custom Postgres image with pgcrypto installed
-    image: "${DOCKER_REGISTRY:-docker.io}/${DOCKER_OWNER:-dspace}/dspace-postgres-pgcrypto:${DSPACE_VER:-latest}"
+    # Uses the base PostgreSQL image
+    image: "docker.io/postgres:${POSTGRES_VERSION:-15}"
     environment:
       PGDATA: /pgdata
+      POSTGRES_DB: dspace
+      POSTGRES_USER: dspace
       POSTGRES_PASSWORD: dspace
     networks:
       - dspacenet