diff --git a/maestro/deployment/repository.go b/maestro/deployment/repository.go
index 5c90b8147..39baa0d76 100644
--- a/maestro/deployment/repository.go
+++ b/maestro/deployment/repository.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
+	_ "github.com/lib/pq" // required for SQL access
 	"github.com/orb-community/orb/pkg/errors"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"time"
diff --git a/maestro/postgres/init.go b/maestro/postgres/init.go
index 7d5ec6578..81363708c 100644
--- a/maestro/postgres/init.go
+++ b/maestro/postgres/init.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package postgres
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
+	_ "github.com/lib/pq" // required for SQL access
 	"github.com/orb-community/orb/pkg/config"
 	migrate "github.com/rubenv/sql-migrate"
 )