diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 5ab78eb4..e9bca9bc 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ redis>=2.10.0
 # Used for testing database persistence backends.
 SQLAlchemy<1.1.0,>=0.9.9
 alembic>=0.8.0
-psycopg2
+psycopg2>=2.5
 PyMySQL>=0.6.2 # MIT License
 
 # Used for making sure we still work with eventlet.