diff --git a/scripts/test_updates.sh b/scripts/test_updates.sh
index 81905b4a1..5d5ea6f7a 100755
--- a/scripts/test_updates.sh
+++ b/scripts/test_updates.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ TEST_VERSION=${TEST_VERSION:-}
 GIT_ID=$(git -C ${BASE_DIR} describe --dirty --always | sed -e "s|/|_|g")
 UPDATE_TO_IMAGE=${UPDATE_TO_IMAGE:-update_test}
 UPDATE_TO_TAG=${UPDATE_TO_TAG:-${GIT_ID}}
-PG_VERSION=${PG_VERSION:-11.0}
+PG_VERSION=${PG_VERSION:-12.0}
 
 # This will propagate to the test_update_from_tags.sh script
 export TEST_REPAIR
diff --git a/sql/updates/post-update.sql b/sql/updates/post-update.sql
index f24f8f040..c4394a580 100644
--- a/sql/updates/post-update.sql
+++ b/sql/updates/post-update.sql
@@ -46,7 +46,21 @@ INSERT INTO saved_privs
         WHERE tmpnsp = '_timescaledb_catalog' AND tmpname = 'chunk')
        FROM pg_class JOIN pg_namespace ns ON ns.oid = relnamespace
          LEFT JOIN saved_privs ON tmpnsp = nspname AND tmpname = relname
-      WHERE nspname IN ('_timescaledb_catalog', '_timescaledb_config')
+      WHERE relkind IN ('r', 'v') AND nspname IN ('_timescaledb_catalog', '_timescaledb_config')
+        OR nspname = '_timescaledb_internal'
+        AND relname IN ('hypertable_chunk_local_size', 'compressed_chunk_stats',
+                        'bgw_job_stat', 'bgw_policy_chunk_stats')
+ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING;
+
+-- The above is good enough for tables and views. However sequences need to
+-- use the "chunk_id_seq" catalog sequence as a template
+INSERT INTO saved_privs
+     SELECT nspname, relname, relacl,
+        (SELECT tmpini FROM saved_privs
+	     WHERE tmpnsp = '_timescaledb_catalog' AND tmpname = 'chunk_id_seq')
+        FROM pg_class JOIN pg_namespace ns ON ns.oid = relnamespace
+		    LEFT JOIN saved_privs ON tmpnsp = nspname AND tmpname = relname
+      WHERE relkind IN ('S') AND nspname IN ('_timescaledb_catalog', '_timescaledb_config')
         OR nspname = '_timescaledb_internal'
         AND relname IN ('hypertable_chunk_local_size', 'compressed_chunk_stats',
                         'bgw_job_stat', 'bgw_policy_chunk_stats')
diff --git a/test/sql/updates/setup.catalog.sql b/test/sql/updates/setup.catalog.sql
index c3831f1ca..10738166c 100644
--- a/test/sql/updates/setup.catalog.sql
+++ b/test/sql/updates/setup.catalog.sql
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA _timescaledb_catalog
       GRANT SELECT ON TABLES TO tsdbadmin;
 ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA _timescaledb_config
       GRANT SELECT ON TABLES TO tsdbadmin;
+ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA _timescaledb_catalog
+    GRANT SELECT ON SEQUENCES TO tsdbadmin;
+ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES IN SCHEMA _timescaledb_config
+    GRANT SELECT ON SEQUENCES TO tsdbadmin;