diff --git a/control_plane/src/compute.rs b/control_plane/src/compute.rs
index eb2e627c6e..a7059e3c3f 100644
--- a/control_plane/src/compute.rs
+++ b/control_plane/src/compute.rs
@@ -382,10 +382,11 @@ impl PostgresNode {
 
     pub fn connstr(&self) -> String {
         format!(
-            "host={} port={} user={}",
+            "host={} port={} user={} dbname={}",
             self.address.ip(),
             self.address.port(),
-            self.whoami()
+            "zenith_admin",
+            "postgres"
         )
     }