diff --git a/.vale/styles/spelling-exceptions.txt b/.vale/styles/spelling-exceptions.txt
index 04c9641965..7936ab939f 100644
--- a/.vale/styles/spelling-exceptions.txt
+++ b/.vale/styles/spelling-exceptions.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ graphene
 graphiql
 graphql
 greymatter
+healthcheck
 hfid
 hfids
 hostname
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ order_weight
 openconfig
 opentelemetry
 order_by
+Postgress
 Prefetch
 profile_name
 pseudocode
diff --git a/changelog/5739.fixed.md b/changelog/5739.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d333cf4f8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/5739.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix Docker task-manager-db Postgress healthcheck test by adding database and user parameters.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/development/docker-compose-deps-nats.yml b/development/docker-compose-deps-nats.yml
index 988d524124..94884b27d2 100644
--- a/development/docker-compose-deps-nats.yml
+++ b/development/docker-compose-deps-nats.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - workflow_db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready"]
+      test:
+        - "CMD-SHELL"
+        - "pg_isready -q -d ${INFRAHUB_TASKMANAGER_DB_DATABASE:-prefect} -U ${INFRAHUB_TASKMANAGER_DB_USER:-postgres}"
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5
diff --git a/development/docker-compose-deps.yml b/development/docker-compose-deps.yml
index f9f893b382..2114429812 100644
--- a/development/docker-compose-deps.yml
+++ b/development/docker-compose-deps.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - workflow_db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready"]
+      test:
+        - "CMD-SHELL"
+        - "pg_isready -q -d ${INFRAHUB_TASKMANAGER_DB_DATABASE:-prefect} -U ${INFRAHUB_TASKMANAGER_DB_USER:-postgres}"
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 6fc7253d8d..fc706e9c69 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -199,7 +199,9 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - workflow_db:/var/lib/postgresql/data
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready"]
+      test:
+        - "CMD-SHELL"
+        - "pg_isready -q -d ${INFRAHUB_TASKMANAGER_DB_DATABASE:-prefect} -U ${INFRAHUB_TASKMANAGER_DB_USER:-postgres}"
       interval: 10s
       timeout: 5s
       retries: 5