diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 17d9eefb57..33884ffa5d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Mastodon acts as an OAuth2 provider, so 3rd party apps can use the REST and Stre
 
 ### Requirements
 
-- **PostgreSQL** 12+
+- **PostgreSQL** 13+
 - **Redis** 4+
 - **Ruby** 3.2+
 - **Node.js** 18+
diff --git a/lib/tasks/db.rake b/lib/tasks/db.rake
index 73de0c120f..448fc2c1f3 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/db.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/db.rake
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace :db do
 
   task pre_migration_check: :environment do
     version = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.database_version
-    abort 'This version of Mastodon requires PostgreSQL 12.0 or newer. Please update PostgreSQL before updating Mastodon.' if version < 120_000
+    abort 'This version of Mastodon requires PostgreSQL 13.0 or newer. Please update PostgreSQL before updating Mastodon.' if version < 130_000
   end
 
   Rake::Task['db:migrate'].enhance(['db:pre_migration_check'])