diff --git a/examples/stacks/lepp-stack/devbox.json b/examples/stacks/lepp-stack/devbox.json
index e97fbd53718..f98cb0a5e70 100644
--- a/examples/stacks/lepp-stack/devbox.json
+++ b/examples/stacks/lepp-stack/devbox.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         "rm -rf .devbox/virtenv/postgresql/data",
         "initdb",
         "devbox services up -b",
-        "echo 'sleep 2 second for the postgres server to initialize.' && sleep 2",
+        "echo 'sleep 2 seconds for the postgres server to initialize.' && sleep 2",
         "dropdb --if-exists devbox_lepp",
         "createdb devbox_lepp",
         "psql devbox_lepp < setup_postgres_db.sql",
diff --git a/internal/devbox/devbox.go b/internal/devbox/devbox.go
index d65ba219352..bd2087f1b01 100644
--- a/internal/devbox/devbox.go
+++ b/internal/devbox/devbox.go
@@ -52,9 +52,8 @@ import (
 const (
 
 	// shellHistoryFile keeps the history of commands invoked inside devbox shell
-	shellHistoryFile            = ".devbox/shell_history"
-	processComposeTargetVersion = "v1.5.0"
-	arbitraryCmdFilename        = ".cmd"
+	shellHistoryFile     = ".devbox/shell_history"
+	arbitraryCmdFilename = ".cmd"
 )
 
 type Devbox struct {
diff --git a/internal/devbox/util.go b/internal/devbox/util.go
index 28523f5cb5f..9ae5ebf8e4b 100644
--- a/internal/devbox/util.go
+++ b/internal/devbox/util.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"go.jetify.com/devbox/internal/xdg"
 )
 
-const processComposeVersion = "1.64.1"
+const processComposeVersion = "1.87.0"
 
 var utilProjectConfigPath string
 
diff --git a/plugins/postgresql/process-compose.yaml b/plugins/postgresql/process-compose.yaml
index 6070883919b..6241d3baec8 100644
--- a/plugins/postgresql/process-compose.yaml
+++ b/plugins/postgresql/process-compose.yaml
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ version: "0.5"
 
 processes:
   postgresql:
-    command: "pg_ctl start -o \"-k '$PGHOST' ${PGPORT:+-p '$PGPORT'}\""
-    is_daemon: true
-    shutdown: 
+    command: "sh -c 'exec postgres -k \"$PGHOST\" -p \"${PGPORT:-5432}\"'"
+    is_daemon: false
+    shutdown:
       command: "pg_ctl stop -m fast"
     availability:
       restart: "always"
     readiness_probe:
       exec:
-        command: "pg_isready ${PGPORT:+-p '$PGPORT'}"
+        command: "pg_isready -p \"${PGPORT:-5432}\""
diff --git a/testscripts/add/add_platforms_flakeref.test.txt b/testscripts/add/add_platforms_flakeref.test.txt
index f58df62d9ee..37ce32d8970 100644
--- a/testscripts/add/add_platforms_flakeref.test.txt
+++ b/testscripts/add/add_platforms_flakeref.test.txt
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ exec devbox install
 
 # aside: choose armv7l-linux to verify that the add actually works on the
 # current host that is unlikely to be armv7l-linux
-exec devbox add github:F1bonacc1/process-compose/v0.40.2 --exclude-platform armv7l-linux
+exec devbox add github:F1bonacc1/process-compose/v1.87.0 --exclude-platform armv7l-linux
 json.superset devbox.json expected_devbox1.json
 
 # verify that the package is installed on this platform
 exec devbox run -- process-compose version
-stdout '0.40.2'
+stdout '1.87.0'
 
 -- devbox.json --
 {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdout '0.40.2'
   "packages": {
     "hello": "",
     "cowsay": "latest",
-    "github:F1bonacc1/process-compose/v0.40.2": {
+    "github:F1bonacc1/process-compose/v1.87.0": {
       "excluded_platforms": ["armv7l-linux"]
     }
   }