diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d8a4a917b..8ff430548 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ The required dependencies are:
 - astropy >= 5.0.4
 - cartopy >=0.20
 - numpy >= 1.19
-- psycopg2 >= 2.9
+- psycopg>=3.2.2
 - pyuvdata >= 2.2.9
 - pyyaml >= 5.1
 - redis-py >= 4.3.4 (Note that this is called "redis" on pypi and "redis-py" on conda)
diff --git a/ci/min_deps.yaml b/ci/min_deps.yaml
index 26aa137a8..30da075c6 100644
--- a/ci/min_deps.yaml
+++ b/ci/min_deps.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dependencies:
   - cartopy>=0.20.0
   - coverage
   - numpy>=1.19.*
-  - psycopg2>=2.9
+  - psycopg>=3.2.2
   - pytest>=6.2.0
   - pytest-cov
   - pyuvdata>=2.2.9
diff --git a/ci/min_versions.yaml b/ci/min_versions.yaml
index 7b6c7ef47..42dacd31a 100644
--- a/ci/min_versions.yaml
+++ b/ci/min_versions.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pandas==1.4.0
   - pip
   - psutil==5.9.0
-  - psycopg2==2.9
+  - psycopg==3.2.2
   - pytest==6.2.0
   - pytest-cov
   - python-dateutil==2.8.2
diff --git a/ci/publish.yml b/ci/publish.yml
index 8d61dfc18..d02c3eeaa 100644
--- a/ci/publish.yml
+++ b/ci/publish.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ dependencies:
   - astropy>=5.0.4
   - cartopy>=0.20.0
   - numpy>=1.19.*
-  - psycopg2>=2.9
+  - psycopg>=3.2.2
   - pyuvdata>=2.2.9
   - pyyaml>=5.1
   - redis-py>=4.3.4
diff --git a/ci/tests.yaml b/ci/tests.yaml
index 7f3e044fa..197f2ea5c 100644
--- a/ci/tests.yaml
+++ b/ci/tests.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pandas>=1.4.0
   - pip
   - psutil>=5.9.0
-  - psycopg2>=2.9
+  - psycopg>=3.2.2
   - pytest>=6.2.0
   - pytest-cov
   - python-dateutil>=2.8.2
diff --git a/environment.yaml b/environment.yaml
index 3b64be714..30a9c1c98 100644
--- a/environment.yaml
+++ b/environment.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pandas>=1.4.0
   - pip
   - psutil>=5.9.0
-  - psycopg2>=2.9
+  - psycopg>=3.2.2
   - pytest>=6.2.0
   - pytest-cov
   - python-dateutil>=2.8.2
diff --git a/hera_mc/mc.py b/hera_mc/mc.py
index a42014645..cbdfc70ef 100644
--- a/hera_mc/mc.py
+++ b/hera_mc/mc.py
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ class DB(object, metaclass=ABCMeta):
     sqlalchemy_base = None
 
     def __init__(self, sqlalchemy_base, db_url):  # noqa
+        if "postgresql" in db_url and "postgresql+psycopg" not in db_url:
+            db_url = db_url.replace("postgresql", "postgresql+psycopg")
         self.sqlalchemy_base = MCDeclarativeBase
         self.engine = create_engine(db_url)
         self.sessionmaker.configure(bind=self.engine)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 182b81281..649bdead0 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         "astropy>=5.0.4",
         "cartopy>=0.20",
         "numpy>=1.19",
-        "psycopg2>=2.9",
+        "psycopg>=3.2.2",
         "pyuvdata>=2.2.9",
         "pyyaml>=5.1",
         "redis>=4.3.4",  # Note that this gets redis-py, which is named "redis" on pypi