diff --git a/omnibus/config/software/oc_id.rb b/omnibus/config/software/oc_id.rb
index 96b0b5ab7c..89017d12a9 100644
--- a/omnibus/config/software/oc_id.rb
+++ b/omnibus/config/software/oc_id.rb
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 # and makeds more sense than adding the thing that is stopping
 # it from building on s390 (libxml2).
 dependency "nokogiri"
-dependency "postgresql13" # for libpq
+dependency "postgresql14" # for libpq
 dependency "ruby"
 
 relative_path "oc-id"
diff --git a/omnibus/config/software/partybus.rb b/omnibus/config/software/partybus.rb
index 0167b6334d..e02fc7d4b7 100644
--- a/omnibus/config/software/partybus.rb
+++ b/omnibus/config/software/partybus.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 license :project_license
 
 dependency "ruby"
-dependency "postgresql13"
+dependency "postgresql14"
 
 build do
   env = with_standard_compiler_flags(with_embedded_path)
diff --git a/omnibus/config/software/perl_pg_driver.rb b/omnibus/config/software/perl_pg_driver.rb
index a44257c4fc..dd33f09ba5 100644
--- a/omnibus/config/software/perl_pg_driver.rb
+++ b/omnibus/config/software/perl_pg_driver.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 dependency "perl"
 dependency "cpanminus"
-dependency "postgresql13"
+dependency "postgresql14"
 
 source url: "http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/T/TU/TURNSTEP/DBD-Pg-#{version}.tar.gz",
        md5: "547de1382a47d66872912fe64282ff55"
diff --git a/omnibus/config/software/postgresql14.rb b/omnibus/config/software/postgresql14.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de42ce284f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/omnibus/config/software/postgresql14.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#
+# Copyright:: Chef Software, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+name "postgresql14"
+
+default_version "14.20"
+
+license "PostgreSQL"
+license_file "COPYRIGHT"
+skip_transitive_dependency_licensing true
+
+dependency "zlib"
+dependency "openssl"
+dependency "libedit"
+dependency "ncurses"
+dependency "libossp-uuid"
+dependency "config_guess"
+
+# version_list: url=https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v#{version}/ filter=*.tar.bz2
+
+version("14.20") { source sha256: "7527f10f1640761bc280ad97d105d286d0cf72e54d36d78cf68e5e5f752b646b" }
+
+source url: "https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v#{version}/postgresql-#{version}.tar.bz2"
+
+relative_path "postgresql-#{version}"
+
+build do
+  env = with_standard_compiler_flags(with_embedded_path)
+  short_version = version.gsub(/^([0-9]+).[0-9]+$/, '\1')
+
+  update_config_guess(target: "config")
+
+  command "./configure" \
+          " --prefix=#{install_dir}/embedded/postgresql/#{short_version}" \
+          " --with-libedit-preferred" \
+          " --with-openssl" \
+          " --with-ossp-uuid" \
+          " --with-includes=#{install_dir}/embedded/include" \
+          " --with-libraries=#{install_dir}/embedded/lib", env: env
+
+  make "world -j #{workers}", env: env
+  make "install-world -j #{workers}", env: env
+
+  block do
+    Dir.glob("#{install_dir}/embedded/postgresql/#{short_version}/bin/*").sort.each do |bin|
+      link bin, "#{install_dir}/embedded/bin/#{File.basename(bin)}"
+    end
+
+    delete "#{install_dir}/embedded/postgresql/#{short_version}/share/doc"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/omnibus/config/software/private-chef-ctl.rb b/omnibus/config/software/private-chef-ctl.rb
index ff467c8f34..af83c94219 100644
--- a/omnibus/config/software/private-chef-ctl.rb
+++ b/omnibus/config/software/private-chef-ctl.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 license :project_license
 skip_transitive_dependency_licensing true
 
-dependency "postgresql13" # for libpq
+dependency "postgresql14" # for libpq
 dependency "omnibus-ctl"
 
 build do
diff --git a/omnibus/config/software/server-complete.rb b/omnibus/config/software/server-complete.rb
index d77ab14716..f4aaf81883 100644
--- a/omnibus/config/software/server-complete.rb
+++ b/omnibus/config/software/server-complete.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 
 # the backend
 dependency "postgresql96-bin" # for upgrading 9.6 -> 13
-dependency "postgresql13"
+dependency "postgresql13" # for upgrading 13 -> 14
+dependency "postgresql14"
 dependency "valkey" # dynamic routing controls
 dependency "haproxy"
 dependency "opensearch" # used by search
diff --git a/omnibus/files/server-ctl-cookbooks/infra-server/attributes/default.rb b/omnibus/files/server-ctl-cookbooks/infra-server/attributes/default.rb
index 86686323b8..276147f6ee 100755
--- a/omnibus/files/server-ctl-cookbooks/infra-server/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/omnibus/files/server-ctl-cookbooks/infra-server/attributes/default.rb
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@
 ###
 # For now, we're hardcoding the version directory suffix here.
 # Since postgresql 10, only use major version numbers.
-default['private_chef']['postgresql']['version'] = '13'
+default['private_chef']['postgresql']['version'] = '14'
 # In the future, we're probably going to want to do something more elegant so we
 # don't accidentally overwrite this directory if we upgrade PG to 9.3: keeping these
 # directories straight is important because in the distant future (the year 2000)
diff --git a/omnibus/files/server-ctl-cookbooks/infra-server/libraries/preflight_postgres_validator.rb b/omnibus/files/server-ctl-cookbooks/infra-server/libraries/preflight_postgres_validator.rb
index 686a17f59e..f10666df1d 100644
--- a/omnibus/files/server-ctl-cookbooks/infra-server/libraries/preflight_postgres_validator.rb
+++ b/omnibus/files/server-ctl-cookbooks/infra-server/libraries/preflight_postgres_validator.rb
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ class PostgresqlPreflightValidator < PreflightValidator
   # we ship. When we bumped the version we ship to 9.6, we haven't yet
   # introduced any changes that _require_ 9.6. So, these constants reflect the
   # actually required PG version.
-  REQUIRED_VERSION  = PgVersion.new('9.6')
+  REQUIRED_VERSION = PgVersion.new('9.6')
 
   # supported PG version
-  SUPPORTED_VERSION = PgVersion.new('13')
+  SUPPORTED_VERSION = PgVersion.new('14')
 
   def run!
     warn_about_removed_attribute('checkpoint_segments')
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def backend_verify_postgres_version(connection)
     v = PgVersion.new /^([0-9\.]+)/.match(r.first['server_version']).to_a.first
 
     # Note that we're looking for the same major, and using our minor as the minimum version
-    # This provides compatibility with external databases that use < 13 before we make use
+    # This provides compatibility with external databases that use < 14 before we make use
     # of any features available in > 9.6.
 
     if v.major == REQUIRED_VERSION || v.major == SUPPORTED_VERSION
diff --git a/omnibus/files/server-ctl-cookbooks/infra-server/spec/libraries/preflight_postgres_validator_spec.rb b/omnibus/files/server-ctl-cookbooks/infra-server/spec/libraries/preflight_postgres_validator_spec.rb
index 3b50fe14c9..e14f6571e6 100644
--- a/omnibus/files/server-ctl-cookbooks/infra-server/spec/libraries/preflight_postgres_validator_spec.rb
+++ b/omnibus/files/server-ctl-cookbooks/infra-server/spec/libraries/preflight_postgres_validator_spec.rb
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ class ConnectionBad < RuntimeError; end
       end
     end
 
-    context 'when external version is > 13.x' do
-      let(:version) { '14.0' }
+    context 'when external version is > 14.x' do
+      let(:version) { '15.0' }
 
       it 'fails with a CSPG014 error' do
         expect(postgres_validator).to receive(:fail_with).with(error_message)