diff --git a/debezium-connector-postgres/pom.xml b/debezium-connector-postgres/pom.xml
index a94ec066d..b23c85c15 100644
--- a/debezium-connector-postgres/pom.xml
+++ b/debezium-connector-postgres/pom.xml
@@ -138,16 +138,7 @@
                                 </log>
                                 <wait>
                                     <time>30000</time> <!-- 30 seconds max -->
-                                    <!--
-                                        The current debezium/postgres docker image restarts the server once when it initializes 
-                                        permissions, so we can't really wait for a log. Instead, we'll wait for the PG port
-                                        to become available
-                                    -->
-                                    <tcp>
-                                        <ports>
-                                            <port>5432</port>
-                                        </ports>
-                                    </tcp>
+                                    <log>PostgreSQL init process complete</log>
                                 </wait>
                             </run>
                         </image>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f5b398646..3a76a60d7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
         <version.war.plugin>2.5</version.war.plugin>
         <version.codehaus.helper.plugin>1.8</version.codehaus.helper.plugin>
         <version.google.formatter.plugin>0.3.1</version.google.formatter.plugin>
-        <version.docker.maven.plugin>0.18.1</version.docker.maven.plugin>
+        <version.docker.maven.plugin>0.19.0</version.docker.maven.plugin>
         <version.staging.plugin>1.6.3</version.staging.plugin>
         <version.protoc.maven.plugin>3.0.0.1</version.protoc.maven.plugin>