diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index 6b620042..96c41929 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Werkzeug==1.0.1 # https://github.com/pallets/werkzeug
 ipdb==0.13.7  # https://github.com/gotcha/ipdb
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' %}
-psycopg2==2.8.6  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
+psycopg2==2.9.1  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
 {%- else %}
 psycopg2-binary==2.8.6  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
 {%- endif %}