diff --git a/postgresql-requirements.txt b/postgresql-requirements.txt
index 59041b90e..a50ac6574 100644
--- a/postgresql-requirements.txt
+++ b/postgresql-requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-psycopg2>=2.5.4
+psycopg2-binary>=2.7.4
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index fa89fafc7..45bb850f1 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ mock==2.0.0
 httmock==1.2.5
 testfixtures==4.7.0
 tox
-psycopg2>=2.5.4
+psycopg2-binary>=2.7.4
 mysqlclient>=1.3.3