diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c7c7a17c1c022ee3cd071ee0282457219c47322e..6cc0c66ea9252ce7aaf8828d2f002deb105a5ba3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ django-gapc-storage==0.5.2
 django-waffle==2.0.0
 
 # database
-psycopg2
+psycopg2<2.9  # For Django 2.2 to avoid "AssertionError: database connection isn't set to UTC"
 
 # For testing
 django-nose==1.4.7