diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8b88813a..dbdc5053 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Also, includes a Render.com `render.yaml` and a working Django `production.py` s
 -   `django-js-reverse` for easy handling of Django URLs on JS
 -   `django-upgrade` for automatically upgrading Django code to the target version on pre-commit
 -   `django-guid` for adding a unique correlation ID to log messages from Django requests
--   `psycopg2` for using PostgreSQL database
+-   `psycopg` for using PostgreSQL database
 -   `sentry-sdk` for error monitoring
 -   `python-decouple` for reading environment variables on settings files
 -   `celery` for background worker tasks
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3857428b..bd9093ab 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ django-import-export = "^3.3.5"
 djangorestframework = "^3.14.0"
 django-debreach = "^2.1.0"
 python-decouple = "^3.8"
-psycopg2 = "^2.9.9"
+psycopg = "^3.1.19"
 brotlipy = "^0.7.0"
 django-log-request-id = "^2.1.0"
 dj-database-url = "^2.1.0"