diff --git a/api/pdm.lock b/api/pdm.lock
index 51c3997cef9..a203ef5b3c3 100644
--- a/api/pdm.lock
+++ b/api/pdm.lock
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 groups = ["default", "dev", "overrides", "test"]
 strategy = ["inherit_metadata"]
 lock_version = "4.5.0"
-content_hash = "sha256:0ccb45f2f3acade4e0e80b7fd1bfb3f157fea437c5a98584084a070d783359e7"
+content_hash = "sha256:196d9006e8125695a3b72ca2151fbc0856f3b1412bceef6fe1ac42a58f3be454"
 
 [[metadata.targets]]
 requires_python = "==3.12.*"
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ requires_python = ">=3.7"
 summary = "Config file reading, writing and validation."
 groups = ["dev"]
 files = [
+    {file = "configobj-5.0.9-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:1ba10c5b6ee16229c79a05047aeda2b55eb4e80d7c7d8ecf17ec1ca600c79882"},
     {file = "configobj-5.0.9.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:03c881bbf23aa07bccf1b837005975993c4ab4427ba57f959afdd9d1a2386848"},
 ]
 
@@ -1387,6 +1388,36 @@ files = [
     {file = "psycopg_binary-3.2.3-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl", hash = "sha256:261f0031ee6074765096a19b27ed0f75498a8338c3dcd7f4f0d831e38adf12d1"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "psycopg-pool"
+version = "3.2.4"
+requires_python = ">=3.8"
+summary = "Connection Pool for Psycopg"
+groups = ["default"]
+dependencies = [
+    "typing-extensions>=4.6",
+]
+files = [
+    {file = "psycopg_pool-3.2.4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f6a22cff0f21f06d72fb2f5cb48c618946777c49385358e0c88d062c59cbd224"},
+    {file = "psycopg_pool-3.2.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:61774b5bbf23e8d22bedc7504707135aaf744679f8ef9b3fe29942920746a6ed"},
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "psycopg"
+version = "3.2.3"
+extras = ["pool"]
+requires_python = ">=3.8"
+summary = "PostgreSQL database adapter for Python"
+groups = ["default"]
+dependencies = [
+    "psycopg-pool",
+    "psycopg==3.2.3",
+]
+files = [
+    {file = "psycopg-3.2.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:644d3973fe26908c73d4be746074f6e5224b03c1101d302d9a53bf565ad64907"},
+    {file = "psycopg-3.2.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:a5764f67c27bec8bfac85764d23c534af2c27b893550377e37ce59c12aac47a2"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ptyprocess"
 version = "0.7.0"
diff --git a/api/pyproject.toml b/api/pyproject.toml
index a958534c863..856484facf5 100644
--- a/api/pyproject.toml
+++ b/api/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "future >=1, <1.1",
     "limit >=0.2.3, <0.3",
     "pillow >=11, <12",
-    "psycopg >=3.1.18, <4",
+    "psycopg[pool]>=3.2.3",
     "python-decouple >=3.8, <4",
     "python-xmp-toolkit >=2.0.2, <3",
     "sentry-sdk >=2.18, <3",