diff --git a/ansible/vars.yml b/ansible/vars.yml
index 3d8a05ec9..8d0100be4 100644
--- a/ansible/vars.yml
+++ b/ansible/vars.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ postgres_major:
 
 # Full version strings for each major version
 postgres_release:
-  postgresorioledb-17: "17.0.1.54-orioledb"
+  postgresorioledb-17: "17.0.1.55-orioledb"
   postgres17: "17.4.1.004"
   postgres15: "15.8.1.061"
 
diff --git a/ebssurrogate/scripts/qemu-bootstrap-nix.sh b/ebssurrogate/scripts/qemu-bootstrap-nix.sh
index 2f72c5f70..bdef92da0 100755
--- a/ebssurrogate/scripts/qemu-bootstrap-nix.sh
+++ b/ebssurrogate/scripts/qemu-bootstrap-nix.sh
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ function clean_system {
 install_nix
 execute_stage2_playbook
 # we do not want to ship an initialized DB as this is performed as needed
-rm -rf /data/pgdata
+mkdir -p /db/template
+mv /data/pgdata /db/template
 clean_system
 cloud-init clean --logs