diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/entrypoint b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/entrypoint
index 2fbcad95..dd07f2d2 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/entrypoint
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/entrypoint
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ python << END
 import sys
 import time
 
-import psycopg2
+import psycopg
 
 suggest_unrecoverable_after = 30
 start = time.time()
 
 while True:
     try:
-        psycopg2.connect(
+        psycopg.connect(
             dbname="${POSTGRES_DB}",
             user="${POSTGRES_USER}",
             password="${POSTGRES_PASSWORD}",
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ while True:
             port="${POSTGRES_PORT}",
         )
         break
-    except psycopg2.OperationalError as error:
+    except psycopg.OperationalError as error:
         sys.stderr.write("Waiting for PostgreSQL to become available...\n")
 
         if time.time() - start > suggest_unrecoverable_after:
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index 2b0e954f..0674362f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 Werkzeug[watchdog]==2.3.6 # https://github.com/pallets/werkzeug
 ipdb==0.13.13  # https://github.com/gotcha/ipdb
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' %}
-psycopg2==2.9.6  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
+psycopg[c]==3.1.9  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg
 {%- else %}
-psycopg2-binary==2.9.6  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
+psycopg[binary]==3.1.9  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg
 {%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_async == 'y' or cookiecutter.use_celery == 'y' %}
 watchfiles==0.19.0  # https://github.com/samuelcolvin/watchfiles
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
index 36f6e74f..a45ff8e7 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/production.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 -r base.txt
 
 gunicorn==20.1.0  # https://github.com/benoitc/gunicorn
-psycopg2==2.9.6  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
+psycopg[c]==3.1.9  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_whitenoise == 'n' %}
 Collectfast==2.2.0  # https://github.com/antonagestam/collectfast
 {%- endif %}