diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml b/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
index 3075d0ba36..0cbc5014f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_action_test_suite.yml
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install wheel
+        pip install psycopg2-binary==2.9.5   # req by postgresql
         pip install mysqlclient
         pip install coveralls
         pip install tblib