diff --git a/src/chef-server-ctl/Gemfile.lock b/src/chef-server-ctl/Gemfile.lock
index 038031ad3b..869e78e683 100644
--- a/src/chef-server-ctl/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/src/chef-server-ctl/Gemfile.lock
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ PATH
       mixlib-install
       mixlib-log
       omnibus-ctl (<= 0.6.10)
-      pg (~> 1.2, >= 1.2.3, < 1.6)
+      pg (~> 1.2, >= 1.2.3, < 1.7)
       redis
       rest-client
       uuidtools (~> 2.1, >= 2.1.3)
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ GEM
     pastel (0.8.0)
       tty-color (~> 0.5)
     pbkdf2 (0.1.0)
-    pg (1.4.6)
+    pg (1.6.1)
     plist (3.6.0)
     proxifier (1.0.3)
     pry (0.14.1)
diff --git a/src/chef-server-ctl/chef-server-ctl.gemspec b/src/chef-server-ctl/chef-server-ctl.gemspec
index 9099941c2c..bf1bb60f94 100644
--- a/src/chef-server-ctl/chef-server-ctl.gemspec
+++ b/src/chef-server-ctl/chef-server-ctl.gemspec
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "ffi-yajl", ">= 1.2.0"
 
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency "pg", "~> 1.2", ">= 1.2.3", "< 1.6"
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "pg", "~> 1.2", ">= 1.2.3", "< 1.7"
 
   spec.add_runtime_dependency "redis"