diff --git a/lib/bootstrapper/index.ts b/lib/bootstrapper/index.ts
index 7ac8968..e4cd30d 100644
--- a/lib/bootstrapper/index.ts
+++ b/lib/bootstrapper/index.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function hasVpc(
   return (instance as aws_rds.DatabaseInstance).vpc !== undefined;
 }
 
-const DEFAULT_PGSTAC_VERSION = "0.6.8";
+const DEFAULT_PGSTAC_VERSION = "0.6.13";
 
 /**
  * Bootstraps a database instance, installing pgSTAC onto the database.
diff --git a/lib/ingestor-api/runtime/src/collection.py b/lib/ingestor-api/runtime/src/collection.py
index d6f11fa..7e6c2a5 100644
--- a/lib/ingestor-api/runtime/src/collection.py
+++ b/lib/ingestor-api/runtime/src/collection.py
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ def ingest(collection: StacCollection):
         creds = get_db_credentials(os.environ["DB_SECRET_ARN"])
         with PgstacDB(dsn=creds.dsn_string, debug=True) as db:
             loader = Loader(db=db)
-            loader.load_collection(file=collection, insert_mode=Methods.upsert)
+            collection = [
+                collection.to_dict()
+            ]  # pypgstac wants either a string or an Iterable of dicts.
+            loader.load_collections(file=collection, insert_mode=Methods.upsert)
     except Exception as e:
         print(f"Encountered failure loading collection into pgSTAC: {e}")
 
diff --git a/lib/ingestor-api/runtime/tests/conftest.py b/lib/ingestor-api/runtime/tests/conftest.py
index f2d357e..e7309ba 100644
--- a/lib/ingestor-api/runtime/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/lib/ingestor-api/runtime/tests/conftest.py
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ def client_authenticated(app):
     """
     from src.dependencies import get_username
 
-    app.dependency_overrides[get_username] = lambda: 'test_user'
+    app.dependency_overrides[get_username] = lambda: "test_user"
     return TestClient(app)
 
 
@@ -256,20 +256,7 @@ def client_authenticated(app):
 def stac_collection(example_stac_collection):
     from src import schemas
 
-    return schemas.StacCollection(
-        id=example_stac_collection["id"],
-        type=example_stac_collection["type"],
-        stac_extensions=example_stac_collection["stac_extensions"],
-        item_assets=example_stac_collection["item_assets"],
-        stac_version=example_stac_collection["stac_version"],
-        description=example_stac_collection["description"],
-        title=example_stac_collection["title"],
-        providers=example_stac_collection["providers"],
-        extent=example_stac_collection["extent"],
-        license=example_stac_collection["license"],
-        summaries=example_stac_collection["summaries"],
-        links=example_stac_collection["links"],
-    )
+    return schemas.StacCollection(**example_stac_collection)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/lib/ingestor-api/runtime/tests/test_collection.py b/lib/ingestor-api/runtime/tests/test_collection.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6141342
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ingestor-api/runtime/tests/test_collection.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
+import pytest
+from pypgstac.load import Methods
+from src.utils import DbCreds
+import src.collection as collection
+import os
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def loader():
+    with patch("src.collection.Loader", autospec=True) as m:
+        yield m
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def pgstacdb():
+    with patch("src.collection.PgstacDB", autospec=True) as m:
+        m.return_value.__enter__.return_value = Mock()
+        yield m
+
+
+def test_load_collections(stac_collection, loader, pgstacdb):
+    with patch(
+        "src.collection.get_db_credentials",
+        return_value=DbCreds(
+            username="", password="", host="", port=1, dbname="", engine=""
+        ),
+    ):
+        os.environ["DB_SECRET_ARN"] = ""
+        collection.ingest(stac_collection)
+
+    loader.return_value.load_collections.assert_called_once_with(
+        file=[stac_collection.to_dict()],
+        insert_mode=Methods.upsert,
+    )