diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f15af803..82c6396a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Start with pgvector base for builder
-FROM ankane/pgvector:v0.5.1 AS builder
+FROM ankane/pgvector:v0.8.1 AS builder
 # comment to trigger ci
 # Install Python and required packages
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ COPY . .
 RUN uv sync --frozen --no-dev --all-extras --python 3.11
 
 # Runtime stage
-FROM ankane/pgvector:v0.5.1 AS runtime
+FROM ankane/pgvector:v0.8.1 AS runtime
 
 # Overridable Node.js version with --build-arg NODE_VERSION
 ARG NODE_VERSION=22
diff --git a/dev-compose.yaml b/dev-compose.yaml
index c1127aa0..eb25bb2b 100644
--- a/dev-compose.yaml
+++ b/dev-compose.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 services:
   letta_db:
-    image: ankane/pgvector:v0.5.1
+    image: ankane/pgvector:v0.8.1
     networks:
       default:
         aliases: