diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements.txt
index 0b30b97f..83605b7f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ httpx==0.15.5
 ipython==7.18.1
 itsdangerous==1.1.0
 Jinja2==2.11.2
-psycopg2==2.8.5
+psycopg2==2.8.6
 pytest==6.1.0
 requests==2.24.0
 SQLAlchemy==1.3.19