diff --git a/dev/Dockerfile.postgres_profile_docker_k8s b/dev/Dockerfile.postgres_profile_docker_k8s
index c369f144b..1634616c5 100644
--- a/dev/Dockerfile.postgres_profile_docker_k8s
+++ b/dev/Dockerfile.postgres_profile_docker_k8s
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ FROM python:3.9
 RUN pip install dbt-postgres==1.8.2 psycopg2==2.9.3 pytz
 
 ENV POSTGRES_DATABASE=postgres
-ENV POSTGRES_HOST=127.0.0.1
+ENV POSTGRES_HOST=postgres.default.svc.cluster.local
 ENV POSTGRES_PASSWORD=<postgres_password>
 ENV POSTGRES_PORT=5432
 ENV POSTGRES_SCHEMA=public
diff --git a/dev/dags/dbt/jaffle_shop/profiles.yml b/dev/dags/dbt/jaffle_shop/profiles.yml
index b5fa5caa2..db1f34acd 100644
--- a/dev/dags/dbt/jaffle_shop/profiles.yml
+++ b/dev/dags/dbt/jaffle_shop/profiles.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ postgres_profile:
     dev:
       type: postgres
       dbname: postgres #'{{ env_var(''POSTGRES_DATABASE'') }}'
-      host: "0.0.0.0" #'{{ env_var(''POSTGRES_HOST'') }}'
+      host: postgres.default.svc.cluster.local #'{{ env_var(''POSTGRES_HOST'') }}'
       pass: postgres #'{{ env_var(''POSTGRES_PASSWORD'') }}'
       port: 5432 #'{{ env_var(''POSTGRES_PORT'') | as_number }}'
       schema: postgres # '{{ env_var(''POSTGRES_SCHEMA'') }}'
-      user: "postgres" #'{{ env_var(''POSTGRES_USER'') }}'
+      user: postgres #'{{ env_var(''POSTGRES_USER'') }}'
diff --git a/scripts/test/kubernetes-setup.sh b/scripts/test/kubernetes-setup.sh
index 76f489244..ce5899d72 100644
--- a/scripts/test/kubernetes-setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/test/kubernetes-setup.sh
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ set -e
 #kubectl describe pod postgres-postgresql-0
 
 
-kubectl create secret generic postgres-secrets --from-literal=host=0.0.0.0 --from-literal=password=postgres
+kubectl create secret generic postgres-secrets --from-literal=host=postgres-postgresql.default.svc.cluster.local --from-literal=password=postgres
 
 kubectl apply -f scripts/test/postgres-deployment.yaml
 
@@ -90,4 +90,4 @@ echo "$POD_NAME"
 
 kubectl port-forward --namespace default "$POD_NAME"  5432:5432 &
 
-kubectl get pod
\ No newline at end of file
+kubectl get pod
diff --git a/scripts/test/postgres-deployment.yaml b/scripts/test/postgres-deployment.yaml
index 473439cff..8939d7f36 100644
--- a/scripts/test/postgres-deployment.yaml
+++ b/scripts/test/postgres-deployment.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ spec:
           valueFrom:
             secretKeyRef:
               name: postgres-secrets
-              key: host  # Adjust according to your secret's key
+              key: host
         - name: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
           valueFrom:
             secretKeyRef:
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ metadata:
   name: postgres-secrets
 type: Opaque
 data:
-  host: MC4wLjAuMA==
+  host: cG9zdGdyZXMuZGVmYXVsdC5zdmMuY2x1c3Rlci5sb2NhbA==
   password: cG9zdGdyZXM=
 
 ---
@@ -47,11 +47,13 @@ apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
   name: postgres
-  namespace: default  # Ensure this matches the namespace of the Deployment
+  namespace: default
 spec:
-  type: LoadBalancer
+  type: NodePort
   ports:
   - port: 5432
     targetPort: 5432
+    protocol: TCP
+    nodePort: 32583
   selector:
     app: postgres