diff --git a/requirements/base.in b/requirements/base.in
index c2390a4..b606db4 100644
--- a/requirements/base.in
+++ b/requirements/base.in
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ djangorestframework-gis
 gunicorn
 gevent
 pip-tools
-psycopg2
+psycopg2-binary
 python-memcached
 raven
 rcssmin
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 8adeea6..cbf1a9a 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jmespath==0.9.3           # via boto3, botocore
 phonenumbers==8.9.14      # via django-phonenumber-field
 pillow==5.2.0             # via django-avatar
 pip-tools==3.1.0
-psycopg2==2.7.5
+psycopg2-binary==2.7.6.1
 python-dateutil==2.7.3    # via botocore
 python-memcached==1.59
 pytz==2018.5              # via babel, django