diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index db124a6..f3b2303 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ Werkzeug==0.15.5
 WTForms==2.1
 Flask-GoogleMaps==0.2.6
 # requirements for Heroku
-psycopg2==2.7.3.1
+psycopg2==2.8.3
 gunicorn==19.9.0