Postgresql SSL error

[BB-BenBridges]

I have the following error when trying to backup my postgres database:

pg_dump: error: connection to server at "xyz.postgres.vercel-storage.com" (123.123.123.123), port 5432 failed: could not open certificate file "/root/.postgresql/postgresql.crt": Permission denied

connection to server at "xyz.eu-central-1.postgres.vercel-storage.com" (123.123.123.123), port 5432 failed: ERROR:  connection is insecure (try using `sslmode=require`)

When i connect to my database usually i do include the sslmode=require parameter but I'm not sure how to pass this through in the env settings.