diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-postgres/metadata.yaml b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-postgres/metadata.yaml
index 457a8bde3106..6491a2fe2e15 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-postgres/metadata.yaml
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-postgres/metadata.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ data:
   connectorSubtype: database
   connectorType: destination
   definitionId: 25c5221d-dce2-4163-ade9-739ef790f503
-  dockerImageTag: 3.0.15
+  dockerImageTag: 3.0.16
   dockerRepository: airbyte/destination-postgres
   documentationUrl: https://docs.airbyte.com/integrations/destinations/postgres
   githubIssueLabel: destination-postgres
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-postgres/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/postgres/write/load/PostgresInsertBuffer.kt b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-postgres/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/postgres/write/load/PostgresInsertBuffer.kt
index 83be65a61c05..95f8fcc82d28 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-postgres/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/postgres/write/load/PostgresInsertBuffer.kt
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-postgres/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/postgres/write/load/PostgresInsertBuffer.kt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class PostgresInsertBuffer(
                     "Finished insert of $recordCount row(s) into ${tableName.namespace}.${tableName.name}"
                 }
             } catch (e: Exception) {
-                logger.error(e) { "Unable to flush accumulated data." }
+                throw e
             } finally {
                 filePath.deleteIfExists()
                 csvPrinter?.close()
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-postgres/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/postgres/write/load/PostgresRecordFormatter.kt b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-postgres/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/postgres/write/load/PostgresRecordFormatter.kt
index 830e18b7d62c..41e48bd0891a 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-postgres/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/postgres/write/load/PostgresRecordFormatter.kt
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-postgres/src/main/kotlin/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/postgres/write/load/PostgresRecordFormatter.kt
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ class PostgresRawRecordFormatter(
         // Do not output null values in the JSON raw output
         val filteredRecord =
             record.filter { (k, v) -> v !is NullValue && !RAW_META_COLUMNS.contains(k) }
-        val jsonData = Jsons.writeValueAsString(filteredRecord)
+        // Sanitize null bytes from JSON data — PostgreSQL TEXT columns do not support \u0000
+        val jsonData = Jsons.writeValueAsString(filteredRecord).replace("\u0000", "")
 
         // Iterate through columns in the exact order they appear in the table
         columns.forEach { column ->
diff --git a/docs/integrations/destinations/postgres.md b/docs/integrations/destinations/postgres.md
index aa72d5b05026..85255c1f9b58 100644
--- a/docs/integrations/destinations/postgres.md
+++ b/docs/integrations/destinations/postgres.md
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ This destination supports [namespaces](https://docs.airbyte.com/platform/using-a
 
 | Version | Date       | Pull Request                                               | Subject                                                                                                                                                                                |
 |:--------|:-----------|:-----------------------------------------------------------|:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| 3.0.16 | 2026-03-31 | [75902](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/75902) | Fix silent error swallowing in COPY flush and sanitize null bytes in raw JSON data |
 | 3.0.15  | 2026-08-07 | [83235](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/83235)   | Fail sync on transient DB errors.                                                                                                             |
 | 3.0.14  | 2026-07-30 | [82273](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/82273)   | Remove column DROP logic during schema evolution; upgrade CDK to 1.0.20                                                                                                                |
 | 3.0.13  | 2026-04-17 | [76409](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/76409)   | Upgrade CDK to 1.0.9.                                                                                                                                                                  |