diff --git a/ansible/tasks/setup-postgres.yml b/ansible/tasks/setup-postgres.yml
index 16e83eea2..1396e8353 100644
--- a/ansible/tasks/setup-postgres.yml
+++ b/ansible/tasks/setup-postgres.yml
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
       become: true
       become_user: 'postgres'
       ansible.builtin.command:
-        cmd: /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/pg_ctl -D /var/lib/postgresql/data initdb -o "--allow-group-access" -o "--username=supabase_admin"
+        cmd: /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/pg_ctl -D /var/lib/postgresql/data initdb -o "--allow-group-access" -o "--username=supabase_admin" -o "--data-checksums"
       environment:
         LANG: en_US.UTF-8
         LANGUAGE: en_US.UTF-8
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
       become: true
       become_user: 'postgres'
       ansible.builtin.command:
-        cmd: /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/pg_ctl -D /var/lib/postgresql/data initdb -o "--allow-group-access" -o "--username=supabase_admin" -o "--locale-provider=icu" -o "--encoding=UTF-8" -o "--icu-locale=en_US.UTF-8"
+        cmd: /usr/lib/postgresql/bin/pg_ctl -D /var/lib/postgresql/data initdb -o "--allow-group-access" -o "--username=supabase_admin" -o "--locale-provider=icu" -o "--encoding=UTF-8" -o "--icu-locale=en_US.UTF-8" -o "--data-checksums"
       environment:
         LANG: en_US.UTF-8
         LANGUAGE: en_US.UTF-8