diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-database-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-database-deployment.yaml
index a95d2076b8..18449b5b34 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-database-deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-database-deployment.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: loculus-keycloak-database
-          image: postgres:latest
+          image: ghcr.io/cloudnative-pg/postgresql:latest # Use ghcr to avoid dockerhub rate limits
           ports:
             - containerPort: 5432
           env:
diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-database-standin.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-database-standin.yaml
index 09cd597348..dd7ceff16d 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-database-standin.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-database-standin.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: database
-        image: postgres:latest
+        image: ghcr.io/cloudnative-pg/postgresql:latest # Use ghcr to avoid dockerhub rate limits
         ports:
         - containerPort: 5432
         env: