diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9c5b40dce21488a4a1eb6b10bb0d2c5a3d86478c..1a10be84f3994bae661507a87fc3b2f47ab45040 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -67,10 +67,7 @@ stages:
 
 .use-pg: &use-pg
   services:
-    # As of Jan 2018, we don't have a strong reason to upgrade to 9.6 for CI yet,
-    # so using the least common denominator ensures backwards compatibility
-    # (as many users are still using 9.2).
-    - postgres:9.2
+    - postgres:9.6
     - redis:alpine
 
 .use-mysql: &use-mysql