diff --git a/ci/deps/actions-37-cov.yaml b/ci/deps/actions-37-cov.yaml
index fd4c05802ccd3..5d9ba70e37307 100644
--- a/ci/deps/actions-37-cov.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/actions-37-cov.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ dependencies:
   - openpyxl
   - pandas-gbq
   - google-cloud-bigquery>=1.27.2 # GH 36436
-  - psycopg2
+  - psycopg2=2.8.6
   - pyarrow>=0.15.0
   - pymysql<0.10.0 # temporary pin, GH 36465
   - pytables