diff --git a/configure_postgresql.yml b/configure_postgresql.yml
index 43e978186031a70b074ade82afd09a1f429fceeb..59257330e25106ce2716fd4daa737134cc3e5dc0 100644
--- a/configure_postgresql.yml
+++ b/configure_postgresql.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
         db: "instance_{{ item.key }}"
         name: "{{ item.key }}"
         password: "{{ item.value.admin_pw }}"
+        encrypted: yes
         priv: ALL
         role_attr_flags: NOSUPERUSER,NOCREATEDB
         state: present