diff --git a/tools/setup/bootstrap-aws-installer b/tools/setup/bootstrap-aws-installer
index 5977cf05a6..42a37885d3 100644
--- a/tools/setup/bootstrap-aws-installer
+++ b/tools/setup/bootstrap-aws-installer
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ git -C zulip checkout "$BRANCH"
 
 (
     export APT_OPTIONS="-o Dpkg::Options::=--force-confnew"
-    /root/zulip/scripts/setup/install --puppet-classes "$FULL_ROLES"
+    /root/zulip/scripts/setup/install --puppet-classes "$FULL_ROLES" --postgresql-version=14
 )
 
 # Delete the ubuntu user