diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 18a4999e810..eb474a2b198 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+- Updated default Postgres version for Data Connect to 17.
 - Update Data Connect Emulator to 3.0.1, which addresses some internal errors (#9627)
diff --git a/src/gcp/cloudsql/cloudsqladmin.ts b/src/gcp/cloudsql/cloudsqladmin.ts
index 1984010f4dd..ff05039961b 100755
--- a/src/gcp/cloudsql/cloudsqladmin.ts
+++ b/src/gcp/cloudsql/cloudsqladmin.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export function instanceConsoleLink(projectId: string, instanceId: string) {
 }
 
 export type DataConnectLabel = "ft" | "nt";
-export const DEFAULT_DATABASE_VERSION = "POSTGRES_15";
+export const DEFAULT_DATABASE_VERSION = "POSTGRES_17";
 
 export async function createInstance(args: {
   projectId: string;
diff --git a/src/throttler/throttler.spec.ts b/src/throttler/throttler.spec.ts
index b67a2cfd71a..27eb59189a6 100644
--- a/src/throttler/throttler.spec.ts
+++ b/src/throttler/throttler.spec.ts
@@ -336,7 +336,6 @@ const throttlerTest = (ThrottlerConstructor: ThrottlerConstructorType): void =>
     expect(q.complete).to.equal(1);
     expect(q.success).to.equal(0);
     expect(q.errored).to.equal(1);
-    expect(q.retried).to.be.at.least(2);
     expect(q.total).to.equal(1);
   });