diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index 543b86b7..d2ff1545 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Werkzeug[watchdog]==2.3.5 # 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
 {%- endif %}