diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 7b0863c..1ae21e3 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ postgres_podman_args:
 postgres_log_level: warning
 
 postgres_user: postgres
-# @var postgres_password:description: Password of the superuser defined in `postgres_user`.
-# postgres_password:value: $ "_unset_"
+postgres_password: postgres
 
 # @var postgres_app_user:description: >
 # Application user name without superuser privileges. Full access to `postgres_db`
diff --git a/templates/etc/containers/systemd/postgres.env.j2 b/templates/etc/containers/systemd/postgres.env.j2
index 17b3010..c43eadc 100644
--- a/templates/etc/containers/systemd/postgres.env.j2
+++ b/templates/etc/containers/systemd/postgres.env.j2
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 #jinja2: lstrip_blocks: True
 {{ ansible_managed | comment }}
 POSTGRES_USER={{ postgres_user }}
-{% if postgres_password is defined %}
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD={{ postgres_password }}
-{% endif %}
 {% if postgres_app_user is defined and postgres_app_password is defined %}
 POSTGRES_APP_USER={{ postgres_app_user }}
 POSTGRES_APP_PASSWORD={{ postgres_app_password }}