diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 14d4369447..1d8d98cd36 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 #   - Runs a non-root user.
 #   - Sets up the entrypoint and port.
 
-FROM python:3.11.1-slim-bullseye as base-image
+FROM python:3.11.6-slim-bullseye as base-image
 
 # Update system packages
 COPY server/scripts/install-base-packages.sh .
diff --git a/server/requirements.txt b/server/requirements.txt
index f193b62170..6a4fe750a9 100644
--- a/server/requirements.txt
+++ b/server/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 uvicorn
+psycopg2
diff --git a/server/scripts/install-base-packages.sh b/server/scripts/install-base-packages.sh
index 4048ad5b50..5a5cdfa771 100755
--- a/server/scripts/install-base-packages.sh
+++ b/server/scripts/install-base-packages.sh
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ apt-get update
 # Install security updates:
 apt-get -y upgrade
 
-# Example of installing a new package, without unnecessary packages:
-#apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends git
+# libpq is required for psycopg2, the Python postgres bindings
+apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends libpq5
 
 # Delete cached files we don't need anymore:
 apt-get clean
diff --git a/server/scripts/install-dependency-packages.sh b/server/scripts/install-dependency-packages.sh
index 7a00218481..d83adb1a50 100755
--- a/server/scripts/install-dependency-packages.sh
+++ b/server/scripts/install-dependency-packages.sh
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ apt-get update
 # is sometimes needed to build cffi (a cryptography dependency).
 # Git is needed because we still have some Python dependencies pointing
 # directly at Git repos
-apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends build-essential libffi-dev git
+# Libpq-dev is needed to build psycopg2, the postgres bindings for python
+apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends build-essential libffi-dev git libpq-dev
 
 # Delete cached files we don't need anymore:
 apt-get clean