diff --git a/src/charm.py b/src/charm.py
index 9e4f198941..837917b96e 100755
--- a/src/charm.py
+++ b/src/charm.py
@@ -1428,6 +1428,14 @@ def _restart(self, event: RunWithLock) -> None:
             self.unit.status = BlockedStatus(error_message)
             return
 
+        try:
+            for attempt in Retrying(wait=wait_fixed(3), stop_after_delay=stop_after_delay(300)):
+                with attempt:
+                    if not self._can_connect_to_postgresql:
+                        assert False
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception("Unable to reconnect to postgresql")
+
         # Start or stop the pgBackRest TLS server service when TLS certificate change.
         self.backup.start_stop_pgbackrest_service()
 
diff --git a/src/constants.py b/src/constants.py
index 03b97ad213..fd42e0e247 100644
--- a/src/constants.py
+++ b/src/constants.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 SNAP_PACKAGES = [
     (
         POSTGRESQL_SNAP_NAME,
-        {"revision": {"aarch64": "110", "x86_64": "111"}, "channel": "14/stable"},
+        {"revision": {"aarch64": "112", "x86_64": "113"}, "channel": "14/stable"},
     )
 ]
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_charm.py b/tests/integration/test_charm.py
index c913304e43..a8735a66e1 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_charm.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_charm.py
@@ -182,9 +182,11 @@ async def test_postgresql_parameters_change(ops_test: OpsTest) -> None:
     for unit_id in UNIT_IDS:
         host = get_unit_address(ops_test, f"{DATABASE_APP_NAME}/{unit_id}")
         logger.info("connecting to the database host: %s", host)
-        with db_connect(host, password) as connection:
-            settings_names = ["max_prepared_transactions", "shared_buffers", "lc_monetary"]
-            with connection.cursor() as cursor:
+        try:
+            with psycopg2.connect(
+                f"dbname='postgres' user='operator' host='{host}' password='{password}' connect_timeout=1"
+            ) as connection, connection.cursor() as cursor:
+                settings_names = ["max_prepared_transactions", "shared_buffers", "lc_monetary"]
                 cursor.execute(
                     sql.SQL("SELECT name,setting FROM pg_settings WHERE name IN ({});").format(
                         sql.SQL(", ").join(sql.Placeholder() * len(settings_names))
@@ -193,12 +195,13 @@ async def test_postgresql_parameters_change(ops_test: OpsTest) -> None:
                 )
                 records = cursor.fetchall()
                 settings = convert_records_to_dict(records)
-        connection.close()
 
-        # Validate each configuration set by Patroni on PostgreSQL.
-        assert settings["max_prepared_transactions"] == "100"
-        assert settings["shared_buffers"] == "128"
-        assert settings["lc_monetary"] == "en_GB.utf8"
+                # Validate each configuration set by Patroni on PostgreSQL.
+                assert settings["max_prepared_transactions"] == "100"
+                assert settings["shared_buffers"] == "128"
+                assert settings["lc_monetary"] == "en_GB.utf8"
+        finally:
+            connection.close()
 
 
 @pytest.mark.group(1)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 3230fdae90..18edb1846a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ allowlist_externals =
     charmcraft
     charmcraftcache
     mv
-    psycopg2-binary
 commands_pre =
     poetry export --only main,charm-libs --output requirements.txt
 commands =