diff --git a/apps/base/ente/zalando-postgresql/release-patch.yaml b/apps/base/ente/zalando-postgresql/release-patch.yaml
index 507f46f3872a5422212ca34a859813377119184d..26ac47bb9770f72f59ae7e3e736b8e8e663a0ca2 100644
--- a/apps/base/ente/zalando-postgresql/release-patch.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/ente/zalando-postgresql/release-patch.yaml
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@
   path: /spec/template/spec/containers/0/env/-
   value:
     name: PGSSLMODE
-    value: prefer
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+    value: require
\ No newline at end of file