diff --git a/spring-batch-execution/src/main/resources/schema-postgresql.sql b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/resources/schema-postgresql.sql
index 410efb4bc..a13cc7e6a 100644
--- a/spring-batch-execution/src/main/resources/schema-postgresql.sql
+++ b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/resources/schema-postgresql.sql
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ CREATE TABLE BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION_CONTEXT  (
 	DATE_VAL TIMESTAMP ,
 	LONG_VAL VARCHAR(10) ,
 	DOUBLE_VAL DOUBLE PRECISION ,
-    OBJECT_VAL BLOB,
+    OBJECT_VAL BYTEA,
 	constraint STEP_EXECUTION_CONTEXT_FK foreign key (STEP_EXECUTION_ID)
 	references BATCH_STEP_EXECUTION(STEP_EXECUTION_ID)
 );
diff --git a/spring-batch-execution/src/main/sql/postgresql.properties b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/sql/postgresql.properties
index b8b8435ec..d5a9bb493 100644
--- a/spring-batch-execution/src/main/sql/postgresql.properties
+++ b/spring-batch-execution/src/main/sql/postgresql.properties
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ BIGINT = BIGINT
 IDENTITY = 
 GENERATED = 
 DOUBLE = DOUBLE PRECISION
-BLOB = BLOB
+BLOB = BYTEA
 # for generating drop statements...
 SEQUENCE = SEQUENCE