diff --git a/.github/workflows/helm-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/helm-tests.yml
index c3950f12..ada2daf3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/helm-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/helm-tests.yml
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ jobs:
           echo "vector service has started, moving on..."
           while [[ -z "$(kubectl get pod  | grep "^stac-$RELEASE_NAME-.*$" | cut -d' ' -f1 | xargs -I{} kubectl logs pod/{} | grep "GET /_mgmt/ping" | head -n 1)" ]]; do
             echo "still waiting for stac service to start..."
+            kubectl get pods
+            kubectl get jobs
+            kubectl get svc
+            kubectl get services
             sleep 1
           done
           echo "all services have started, moving on..."
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c0560ba5..1d3dbe08 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Variables
 HELM_REPO_URL=https://devseed.com/eoapi-k8s/
 HELM_CHART_NAME=eoapi/eoapi
-PGO_CHART_VERSION=5.7.0
+PGO_CHART_VERSION=5.7.4
 
 .PHONY: all deploy minikube ingest help
 
diff --git a/helm-chart/eoapi/initdb-data/pgstac-setup.py b/helm-chart/eoapi/initdb-data/pgstac-setup.py
index e1d6cbba..b05b5349 100644
--- a/helm-chart/eoapi/initdb-data/pgstac-setup.py
+++ b/helm-chart/eoapi/initdb-data/pgstac-setup.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
                 "GRANT pgstac_read TO {username};"
                 "GRANT pgstac_ingest TO {username};"
                 "GRANT pgstac_admin TO {username};"
+                "ALTER USER {username} SET search_path TO pgstac, public;" # add pgstac to search_path by default
             ).format(
                 db_name=sql.Identifier(os.environ["POSTGRES_DBNAME"]),
                 username=sql.Identifier(os.environ["POSTGRES_USER"]),
diff --git a/helm-chart/eoapi/values.yaml b/helm-chart/eoapi/values.yaml
index e038b479..26fbb9a5 100644
--- a/helm-chart/eoapi/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/eoapi/values.yaml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ pgstacBootstrap:
   enabled: true
   image:
     name: ghcr.io/stac-utils/pgstac
-    tag: v0.8.2
+    tag: v0.9.5
   command:
     - "sh"
   args:
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ stac:
       requestRate: 100000m
   image:
     name: ghcr.io/stac-utils/stac-fastapi-pgstac
-    tag: 2.4.9
+    tag: 5.0.1
   command:
     - "uvicorn"
     - "stac_fastapi.pgstac.app:app"
diff --git a/helm-chart/postgrescluster/Chart.yaml b/helm-chart/postgrescluster/Chart.yaml
index 62d3b14b..6d74f65f 100644
--- a/helm-chart/postgrescluster/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/postgrescluster/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ name: postgrescluster
 description: A Helm chart for eoapi database dep for k8s
 type: application
 # The version below should match the version on the PostgresCluster CRD
-version: 5.5.3
-appVersion: 5.5.3
-force: true
\ No newline at end of file
+# from CrunchyData's Postgres Operator
+# https://access.crunchydata.com/documentation/postgres-operator/latest/releases
+version: 5.7.4
+appVersion: 5.7.4
+force: true
diff --git a/helm-chart/postgrescluster/templates/postgres.yaml b/helm-chart/postgrescluster/templates/postgres.yaml
index d4949796..f668f99f 100644
--- a/helm-chart/postgrescluster/templates/postgres.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/postgrescluster/templates/postgres.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ spec:
           memory: {{ default "" .Values.instanceMemory | quote }}
       {{- end }}
   {{- end }}
+  {{- if .Values.backupsEnabled }}
   backups:
     pgbackrest:
       {{- if .Values.imagePgBackRest }}
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ spec:
               requests:
                 storage: {{ default "1Gi" .Values.backupsSize | quote }}
       {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
   {{- if or .Values.pgBouncerReplicas .Values.pgBouncerConfig }}
   proxy:
     pgBouncer:
diff --git a/helm-chart/postgrescluster/values.yaml b/helm-chart/postgrescluster/values.yaml
index 7321f3ac..a04eeefd 100644
--- a/helm-chart/postgrescluster/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/postgrescluster/values.yaml
@@ -173,6 +173,13 @@ postgresVersion: 16
 # Backups / pgBackRest Settings #
 #################################
 
+# backupsEnabled sets whether pgBackRest backups are enabled.
+# This is enabled by default.
+# Disabling backups is only supported on CrunchyData Postgres Operator v5.7.0 and above.
+# If enabled, please carefully review the pgBackRest config below.
+# Check out CrunchyData's Postgres Operator docs for more info:
+# https://access.crunchydata.com/documentation/postgres-operator/v5/tutorials/backups-disaster-recovery/backups
+backupsEnabled: true
 # backupsSize sets the storage size of the backups to a volume in Kubernetes.
 # can be overridden by "pgBackRestConfig", if set. Defaults to the value below.
 # backupsSize: 1Gi