diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c99ec552..d88009e2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pytz==2024.1
 httplib2==0.22.0
 feedparser==6.0.11
 Markdown==3.6 # pyup: < 3
-psycopg2==2.9.9
+psycopg[binary]==3.2.1
 versiontools==1.9.1
 statsd==4.0.1
 pep8==1.7.1
@@ -109,4 +109,4 @@ django-courseaffils==2.4.0
 
 mock==5.1.0
 asgiref==3.8.1
-backports.zoneinfo;python_version<"3.9"
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+backports.zoneinfo;python_version<"3.9"