diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 5ebeb526d..9269dc89d 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "fastapi>=0.101.0",
   "kubernetes",
   "msal",
-  "psycopg2-binary",
+  "psycopg2-binary>2.9.7",
   "pydantic>=2.0.0",
   "python-dateutil",
   "python-jose",