diff --git a/api/requirements.txt b/api/requirements.txt
index d59a98db2..896851f72 100644
--- a/api/requirements.txt
+++ b/api/requirements.txt
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ django-filter>=2.4.0,<23.2
 django>=4.2.0,<4.3
 djangorestframework>=3.12.1,<3.15
 drf-spectacular>=0.22.1,<0.27
-psycopg2>=2.8.6,<2.10
+psycopg[c]>=3.1.8,<3.2
 requests>=2.25.1,<2.29
diff --git a/api/setup.py b/api/setup.py
index 3bda33f31..2d6bc6215 100644
--- a/api/setup.py
+++ b/api/setup.py
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ setup(
     ],
     extras_require={
         "prod": [
-            "psycopg2>=2.8.6,<2.10",
+            "psycopg[c]>=3.1.8,<3.2",
         ],
         "dev": [
             "django-coverage-plugin>=3.0.0,<3.1",
             "django-stubs>=1.14.0,<1.17",
             "djangorestframework-stubs>=1.8.0,<1.11",
             "model_bakery>=1.10.1,<1.11",
-            "psycopg2-binary>=2.8.6,<2.10",
+            "psycopg[binary]>=3.1.8,<3.2",
             "pylint-django>=2.5.3,<2.6",
             "pytest-django>=4.5.2,<4.6",
             "requests-mock>=1.10.0,<1.11",