diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ac756f1..e5c66b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ Alternatively, you can set `existingSecret` to the name of a Secret that you cre
 > [!CAUTION]
 > Make sure you have provided the correct credentials in the secret, along with `dbUser` and `dbName`, BEFORE you create the cluster. Changing these values, and doing a `helm upgrade` after the cluster has been created, will NOT update those values in the existing Postgres database!
 
+## Postgres Image Version
+
+It is possible to specify a postgres version to deploy with cnpg. To do so, set `image.enabled` to `true`, and add/select your desired postgres to `image.postgresImageSpec`. Please see below for an example:
+
+```yaml
+image:
+  enabled: true
+  postgresImageSpec: ghcr.io/cloudnative-pg/postgresql:18
+```
 
 ## Scheduled Backup
 
diff --git a/templates/pg_cluster.yaml b/templates/pg_cluster.yaml
index eecd5fc..47d597c 100644
--- a/templates/pg_cluster.yaml
+++ b/templates/pg_cluster.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ metadata:
   name: {{ .Release.Name }}-cnpg
   namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
 spec:
+  {{- if .Values.image.enabled }}
+  imageName: {{ .Values.image.postgresImageSpec }}
+  {{- end }}
   instances: {{ .Values.instances | default 3 }}
   {{- if .Values.init.enabled }}
   bootstrap:
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index 7cf4828..1c33b9b 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,19 @@
 ## $ helm install <releasename> oci:////ghcr.io/dataoneorg/charts/cnpg --version <version> \
 ##                              -f </path/to/your/values-overrides.yaml>
 
+## @section Postgres Image Parameters
+## Use this section to specify which postgres image the cnpg cluster should be deploying
+
+image:
+  ## @param postgresImageOverrideEnabled Set to true to override cnpg default postgres image
+  ##
+  enabled: false
+  ## @param postgresImageSpec Adjust this value to your desired postgres version
+  ## To see available versions, see: https://github.com/cloudnative-pg/postgres-containers/pkgs/container/postgresql
+  ## Example: ghcr.io/cloudnative-pg/postgresql:18
+  ##
+  postgresImageSpec: ""
+
 ## @section Cluster Configuration Parameters
 
 ## @param instances Number of PostgreSQL instances required in the PG cluster.