diff --git a/.github/workflows/postgresql.yaml b/.github/workflows/postgresql.yaml
index 34490bee61..e0986c1e50 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/postgresql.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/postgresql.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ jobs:
         env:
           POSTGRES_USER: inventree
           POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
-          POSTGRES_DB: inventree_test_db
         ports:
           - 5432:5432
 
diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/ci_postgresql.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/ci_postgresql.py
index 09fbd7a459..52ebc57c7f 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/ci_postgresql.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/ci_postgresql.py
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ if 'test' in sys.argv:
         # Ensure postgresql backend is being used
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
         'NAME': 'inventree_test_db',
-        'USER': 'postgres',
+        'USER': 'inventree',
         'PASSWORD': 'password',
+        'HOST': '127.0.0.1',
         'PORT': '5432'
     }