diff --git a/flink-connector-jdbc-postgres/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/connector/jdbc/postgres/database/catalog/PostgresTypeMapper.java b/flink-connector-jdbc-postgres/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/connector/jdbc/postgres/database/catalog/PostgresTypeMapper.java
index 5fc19ea36..fe2481774 100644
--- a/flink-connector-jdbc-postgres/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/connector/jdbc/postgres/database/catalog/PostgresTypeMapper.java
+++ b/flink-connector-jdbc-postgres/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/connector/jdbc/postgres/database/catalog/PostgresTypeMapper.java
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ public class PostgresTypeMapper implements JdbcCatalogTypeMapper {
     private static final String PG_CHARACTER_ARRAY = "_character";
     private static final String PG_CHARACTER_VARYING = "varchar";
     private static final String PG_CHARACTER_VARYING_ARRAY = "_varchar";
+    private static final String PG_UUID = "uuid";
 
     @Override
     public DataType mapping(ObjectPath tablePath, ResultSetMetaData metadata, int colIndex)
@@ -154,6 +155,8 @@ protected DataType getMapping(String pgType, int precision, int scale) {
                 return DataTypes.ARRAY(DataTypes.CHAR(precision));
             case PG_CHARACTER_VARYING:
                 return DataTypes.VARCHAR(precision);
+            case PG_UUID:
+                return DataTypes.VARCHAR(36);
             case PG_CHARACTER_VARYING_ARRAY:
                 return DataTypes.ARRAY(DataTypes.VARCHAR(precision));
             case PG_TEXT: