diff --git a/src/db/migrations/0001_positions.sql b/src/db/migrations/0001_positions.sql
index 9745a64..91aaca8 100644
--- a/src/db/migrations/0001_positions.sql
+++ b/src/db/migrations/0001_positions.sql
@@ -6,8 +6,17 @@
 -- writes to (timing_records, stage_results, etc.) are defined in Directus.
 -- Do NOT modify this table from the Directus admin UI.
 
--- Enable TimescaleDB extension (no-op if already installed at the DB level).
+-- Enable required Postgres extensions. No-ops if already installed at the
+-- DB level. The deploy stack uses the `timescale/timescaledb-ha:*-all`
+-- image which ships TimescaleDB and PostGIS binaries — these CREATE
+-- EXTENSION statements just register them on this database.
+--
+-- TimescaleDB: hypertable partitioning for the positions table below.
+-- PostGIS: not used in Phase 1, but enabled now so Phase 2's geofence
+-- engine doesn't need a separate migration step. Geometry columns will
+-- be added by the Directus-owned migrations for the geofences table.
 CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS timescaledb;
+CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis;
 
 -- Raw position history. High-volume append-only table; the hypertable
 -- partitioning column is `ts` (device-reported GPS time).
diff --git a/test/pipeline.integration.test.ts b/test/pipeline.integration.test.ts
index a384060..d665827 100644
--- a/test/pipeline.integration.test.ts
+++ b/test/pipeline.integration.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 /**
  * Integration test: end-to-end pipeline round-trip via testcontainers.
  *
- * Spins up Redis 7 and TimescaleDB (timescale/timescaledb:latest-pg16) containers,
- * runs the Processor migration, starts the consumer pipeline, publishes synthetic
- * Position records, and asserts the resulting rows in `positions`.
+ * Spins up Redis 7 and TimescaleDB-HA (timescale/timescaledb-ha:pg16.6-ts2.17.2-all,
+ * matching the deploy stack image) containers, runs the Processor migration,
+ * starts the consumer pipeline, publishes synthetic Position records, and asserts
+ * the resulting rows in `positions`. The `-all` image variant ships PostGIS too,
+ * so the migration's `CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis` succeeds.
  *
  * If Docker is unavailable (CI runner without Docker, local dev without Docker
  * Desktop), the suite skips — it does not fail the build. Docker availability is
@@ -139,9 +141,9 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
     return;
   }
 
-  // --- Step 2: start TimescaleDB container ------------------------------------
+  // --- Step 2: start TimescaleDB-HA container (same image as deploy stack) ---
   try {
-    pgContainer = await new GenericContainer('timescale/timescaledb:latest-pg16')
+    pgContainer = await new GenericContainer('timescale/timescaledb-ha:pg16.6-ts2.17.2-all')
       .withExposedPorts(5432)
       .withEnvironment({
         POSTGRES_USER: 'postgres',
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ beforeAll(async () => {
       .start();
   } catch (err) {
     console.warn(
-      `[pipeline.integration.test] Failed to start TimescaleDB container: ${String(err)} — skipping`,
+      `[pipeline.integration.test] Failed to start TimescaleDB-HA container: ${String(err)} — skipping`,
     );
     dockerAvailable = false;
     await redisContainer?.stop().catch(() => {});