diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 2683b45e..167ec8fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      - name: psycopg2 prerequisites
-        run: sudo apt-get install python-dev libpq-dev
       - name: Install dependencies
         env: 
           VIRTUAL_ENV: ./venv
@@ -53,8 +51,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      - name: psycopg2 prerequisites
-        run: sudo apt-get install python-dev libpq-dev
       - name: Install dependencies
         env: 
           VIRTUAL_ENV: ./venv
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a31e8070..8359456f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ loguru==0.6.0
 markupsafe==2.0.1
 marshmallow==3.13.0
 outcome==1.1.0
-psycopg2==2.9.3
+psycopg2-binary==2.9.1
 pycryptodomex==3.14.1
 pydantic==1.8.2
 pypng==0.0.21