diff --git a/config/puppet-modules/puppetlabs-postgresql-8.0.0/debian/deb_folder/patches/0002-update-auth-encryption-method.patch b/config/puppet-modules/puppetlabs-postgresql-8.0.0/debian/deb_folder/patches/0002-update-auth-encryption-method.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8baab49ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/puppet-modules/puppetlabs-postgresql-8.0.0/debian/deb_folder/patches/0002-update-auth-encryption-method.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+From 1e1e812c463132a354b74c611de464b3cdcb445a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jorge Saffe <jorge.saffe@windriver.com>
+Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 19:15:28 +0300
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] update-auth-encryption-method
+
+---
+ manifests/server.pp        | 1 +
+ manifests/server/config.pp | 7 ++++---
+ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/manifests/server.pp b/manifests/server.pp
+index 5b9af03..6a28736 100644
+--- a/manifests/server.pp
++++ b/manifests/server.pp
+@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
+ #
+ class postgresql::server (
+   Optional[Variant[String[1], Sensitive[String[1]], Integer]] $postgres_password = undef,
++  Optional[Variant[String[1], Sensitive[String[1]], Integer]] $pg_hba_auth_password_encryption = undef,
+ 
+   $package_name                                    = $postgresql::params::server_package_name,
+   $package_ensure                                  = $postgresql::params::package_ensure,
+diff --git a/manifests/server/config.pp b/manifests/server/config.pp
+index c3ca6b5..a07c27a 100644
+--- a/manifests/server/config.pp
++++ b/manifests/server/config.pp
+@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class postgresql::server::config {
+   $timezone                     = $postgresql::server::timezone
+   $password_encryption          = $postgresql::server::password_encryption
+   $extra_systemd_config         = $postgresql::server::extra_systemd_config
++  $pg_hba_auth_password_encryption = $postgresql::server::pg_hba_auth_password_encryption
+ 
+   if ($manage_pg_hba_conf == true) {
+     # Prepare the main pg_hba file
+@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ class postgresql::server::config {
+             type        => 'host',
+             user        => $user,
+             address     => '127.0.0.1/32',
+-            auth_method => 'md5',
++            auth_method => $pg_hba_auth_password_encryption,
+             order       => 3,
+         ;
+ 
+@@ -85,14 +86,14 @@ class postgresql::server::config {
+         'allow access to all users':
+             type        => 'host',
+             address     => $ip_mask_allow_all_users,
+-            auth_method => 'md5',
++            auth_method => $pg_hba_auth_password_encryption,
+             order       => 100,
+         ;
+ 
+         'allow access to ipv6 localhost':
+             type        => 'host',
+             address     => '::1/128',
+-            auth_method => 'md5',
++            auth_method => $pg_hba_auth_password_encryption,
+             order       => 101,
+         ;
+       }
+-- 
+2.34.1
+
diff --git a/config/puppet-modules/puppetlabs-postgresql-8.0.0/debian/deb_folder/patches/series b/config/puppet-modules/puppetlabs-postgresql-8.0.0/debian/deb_folder/patches/series
index f1fff2f91..e5b394248 100644
--- a/config/puppet-modules/puppetlabs-postgresql-8.0.0/debian/deb_folder/patches/series
+++ b/config/puppet-modules/puppetlabs-postgresql-8.0.0/debian/deb_folder/patches/series
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 0001-use-python3-psycopg2.patch
+0002-update-auth-encryption-method.patch