diff --git a/Dockerfile.django-alpine b/Dockerfile.django-alpine
index 7d712ad6268..5fb9dc8e77e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.django-alpine
+++ b/Dockerfile.django-alpine
@@ -16,13 +16,15 @@ RUN \
     bind-tools \
     mysql-client \
     mariadb-dev \
-    postgresql14-client \
+    postgresql16-client \
     xmlsec \
     git \
     util-linux \
     curl-dev \
     openssl \
     libffi-dev \
+    python3-dev \
+    libpq-dev \
     && \
     rm -rf /var/cache/apk/* && \
   true
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ RUN \
     xmlsec \
     git \
     util-linux \
-    postgresql14-client \
+    postgresql16-client \
     curl-dev \
     openssl \
     # needed for integration-tests
diff --git a/Dockerfile.nginx-alpine b/Dockerfile.nginx-alpine
index b9a55ac4158..bd4caaa2064 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.nginx-alpine
+++ b/Dockerfile.nginx-alpine
@@ -16,13 +16,15 @@ RUN \
     bind-tools \
     mysql-client \
     mariadb-dev \
-    postgresql14-client \
+    postgresql16-client \
     xmlsec \
     git \
     util-linux \
     curl-dev \
     openssl \
     libffi-dev \
+    python3-dev \
+    libpq-dev \
     && \
     rm -rf /var/cache/apk/* && \
   true
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 29d9c30e23b..74e96ebe492 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Markdown==3.6
 mysqlclient==2.1.1
 openpyxl==3.1.5
 Pillow==10.4.0  # required by django-imagekit
-psycopg[binary]==3.2.1
+psycopg[c]==3.2.1
 cryptography==42.0.8
 python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
 pytz==2024.1