diff --git a/contrib/docker/postgresql/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/00_create_datastore.sh b/contrib/docker/postgresql/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/00_create_datastore.sh
index 3bdfaeeed55..0d067db9eba 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/postgresql/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/00_create_datastore.sh
+++ b/contrib/docker/postgresql/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/00_create_datastore.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 echo "Creating datastore readonly user and database in image db..."
 psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 --username "$POSTGRES_USER" <<-EOSQL
-    CREATE USER datastore_ro LOGIN NOCREATEDB NOSUPERUSER NOCREATEROLE ENCRYPTED PASSWORD "$DS_RO_PASS";
+    CREATE ROLE datastore_ro NOSUPERUSER NOCREATEDB NOCREATEROLE LOGIN PASSWORD '$DS_RO_PASS';
     CREATE DATABASE datastore OWNER ckan ENCODING utf-8;
     GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE datastore TO ckan;
 EOSQL