diff --git a/backend/src/app/migrations.clj b/backend/src/app/migrations.clj
index 861629bb54..9ccedd96e1 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/migrations.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/migrations.clj
@@ -508,7 +508,10 @@
     :fn (mg/resource "app/migrations/sql/0154-del-legacy-file-object-thumbnail-table.sql")}
 
    {:name "0155-add-idx-to-file-change"
-    :fn (mg/resource "app/migrations/sql/0155-add-idx-to-file-change.sql")}])
+    :fn (mg/resource "app/migrations/sql/0155-add-idx-to-file-change.sql")}
+
+   {:name "0156-reset-pg-storage-defaults"
+    :fn (mg/resource "app/migrations/sql/0156-reset-pg-storage-defaults.sql")}])
 
 (defn apply-migrations!
   [pool name migrations]
diff --git a/backend/src/app/migrations/sql/0156-reset-pg-storage-defaults.sql b/backend/src/app/migrations/sql/0156-reset-pg-storage-defaults.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54bd98ace5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/app/migrations/sql/0156-reset-pg-storage-defaults.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+-- Reset explicit `STORAGE EXTERNAL` settings back to the PostgreSQL defaults.
+--
+-- Those were set when PostgreSQL ran on top of ZFS with transparent
+-- compression (see 0041-mod-pg-storage-options.sql and the per-table
+-- migrations that followed it): skipping the TOAST compression done by
+-- PostgreSQL made sense there. On regular filesystems it only wastes
+-- space and I/O bandwidth, so restore the default storage strategy of
+-- each column type (EXTENDED for every column below: text, text[],
+-- jsonb and bytea).
+--
+-- This only touches the catalog, it does not rewrite the tables:
+-- already stored TOAST values keep their strategy until the row is
+-- rewritten, new writes use the default.
+--
+-- NOTE: DEFAULT restores the storage mode of the column's data type
+-- (EXTENDED for every column below: text, text[], jsonb and bytea). It
+-- requires PostgreSQL 16 or newer, which is the minimum version the
+-- project supports (see the database section of the technical guide).
+-- RESET STORAGE is not valid syntax for a column.
+
+ALTER TABLE access_token
+  ALTER COLUMN name SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN perms SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN token SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE audit_log
+  ALTER COLUMN context SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN name SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN props SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN source SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN type SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE comment
+  ALTER COLUMN content SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE comment_thread
+  ALTER COLUMN page_name SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN participants SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE file
+  ALTER COLUMN data SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN data_backend SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN features SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN name SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE file_change
+  ALTER COLUMN changes SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN data SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN features SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN label SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE file_data_fragment
+  ALTER COLUMN metadata SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE file_media_object
+  ALTER COLUMN mtype SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN name SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE file_thumbnail
+  ALTER COLUMN data SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN props SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE global_complaint_report
+  ALTER COLUMN content SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN type SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE profile
+  ALTER COLUMN auth_backend SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN email SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN fullname SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN lang SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN password SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN props SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN theme SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE profile_complaint_report
+  ALTER COLUMN content SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN type SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE project
+  ALTER COLUMN name SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE scheduled_task
+  ALTER COLUMN cron_expr SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN id SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE server_error_report
+  ALTER COLUMN content SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE server_prop
+  ALTER COLUMN content SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN id SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE storage_object
+  ALTER COLUMN backend SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN metadata SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE task
+  ALTER COLUMN error SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN label SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN name SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN props SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN queue SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN status SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE team
+  ALTER COLUMN name SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE team_font_variant
+  ALTER COLUMN font_family SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN font_style SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE team_invitation
+  ALTER COLUMN email_to SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN role SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE usage_quote
+  ALTER COLUMN target SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE webhook
+  ALTER COLUMN error_code SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN mtype SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN secret_key SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN uri SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
+
+ALTER TABLE webhook_delivery
+  ALTER COLUMN error_code SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN req_data SET STORAGE DEFAULT,
+  ALTER COLUMN rsp_data SET STORAGE DEFAULT;
diff --git a/docs/technical-guide/configuration.md b/docs/technical-guide/configuration.md
index 294885c897..59939a522b 100644
--- a/docs/technical-guide/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/technical-guide/configuration.md
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ PENPOT_SECRET_KEY: my-super-secure-key
 
 ### Database
 
-Penpot only supports PostgreSQL and we highly recommend >=13 version. If you are using official
+Penpot only supports PostgreSQL and we highly recommend >=16 version. If you are using official
 docker images this is already solved for you.
 
 Essential database configuration: