diff --git a/devops/docker-compose.quantara.back.yaml b/devops/docker-compose.quantara.back.yaml
index ba75f7f26..045deea67 100644
--- a/devops/docker-compose.quantara.back.yaml
+++ b/devops/docker-compose.quantara.back.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ services:
       - DB_PORT=5432
       - DB_NAME=quantara
       - DB_USER=postgres
-      - DB_PASSWORD=password
+      - DB_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD:-password}
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD-SHELL", "curl -f http://localhost:8000/health || exit 1"]
       interval: 15s
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       POSTGRES_DB: quantara
       POSTGRES_USER: postgres
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD:-password}
     volumes:
       - postgres_data_dev:/var/lib/postgresql/data
       - ../quantara/init-db:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ services:
       retries: 5
 
 volumes:
-  postgres_data_dev:
+  postgres_data_dev:
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diff --git a/devops/docker-compose.quantara.dev-windows.yaml b/devops/docker-compose.quantara.dev-windows.yaml
index 4fb58d0c9..6e99ff756 100644
--- a/devops/docker-compose.quantara.dev-windows.yaml
+++ b/devops/docker-compose.quantara.dev-windows.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ services:
       - DB_PORT=5432
       - DB_NAME=quantara
       - DB_USER=postgres
-      - DB_PASSWORD=password
+      - DB_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD:-password}
 
   db:
     image: postgres:16
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       POSTGRES_DB: quantara
       POSTGRES_USER: postgres
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD:-password}
     volumes:
       - postgres_data_dev:/var/lib/postgresql/data
       - ../quantara/init-db:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
@@ -64,4 +64,4 @@ services:
       - backend
 
 volumes:
-  postgres_data_dev:
+  postgres_data_dev:
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diff --git a/devops/docker-compose.quantara.dev.yaml b/devops/docker-compose.quantara.dev.yaml
index 373fb6156..4d67e0b87 100644
--- a/devops/docker-compose.quantara.dev.yaml
+++ b/devops/docker-compose.quantara.dev.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ services:
       - DB_PORT=5432
       - DB_NAME=quantara
       - DB_USER=postgres
-      - DB_PASSWORD=password
+      - DB_PASSWORD=${DB_PASSWORD:-password}
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD-SHELL", "curl -f http://localhost:8000/health || exit 1"]
       interval: 15s
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       POSTGRES_DB: quantara
       POSTGRES_USER: postgres
-      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: ${DB_PASSWORD:-password}
     volumes:
       - postgres_data_dev:/var/lib/postgresql/data
       - ../quantara/init-db:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@ services:
         condition: service_healthy
 
 volumes:
-  postgres_data_dev:
+  postgres_data_dev:
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