diff --git a/src/EFCore.PG/Infrastructure/Internal/NpgsqlOptionsExtension.cs b/src/EFCore.PG/Infrastructure/Internal/NpgsqlOptionsExtension.cs
index db0796f2d..6be7bd81a 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.PG/Infrastructure/Internal/NpgsqlOptionsExtension.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.PG/Infrastructure/Internal/NpgsqlOptionsExtension.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public override ParameterTranslationMode ParameterizedCollectionMode
     ///     any release. You should only use it directly in your code with extreme caution and knowing that
     ///     doing so can result in application failures when updating to a new Entity Framework Core release.
     /// </summary>
-    public static readonly Version DefaultPostgresVersion = new(14, 0);
+    public static readonly Version DefaultPostgresVersion = new(16, 0);
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     The backend version to target.