diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 300322f27c..a379794401 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ pika==0.10.0
 pika-pool==0.1.3
 prettytable==0.7.2
 psutil==5.4.3
-psycopg2==2.6.2
+psycopg2-binary==2.6.2
 pyasn1==0.4.2
 pycadf==2.7.0
 pycparser==2.18
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 3737aa35c1..4cc78ad9a3 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ oslotest>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 # by oslo_db lib for running MySQL and PostgreSQL DB migration tests.
 # See https://docs.openstack.org/oslo.db/latest/contributor/index.html#how-to-run-unit-tests
 PyMySQL>=0.7.6 # MIT License
-psycopg2>=2.6.2 # LGPL/ZPL
+psycopg2-binary>=2.6.2 # LGPL/ZPL
 
 requests-mock>=1.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 os-api-ref>=1.4.0 # Apache-2.0