diff --git a/.github/workflows/compatibility_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/compatibility_tests.yml
index bd3c41e8..f0e55f38 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compatibility_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compatibility_tests.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
   cellxgene-main-with-python-and-anndata-versions:
     name: python versions x anndata versions
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    continue-on-error: true
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8]
diff --git a/server/requirements-dev.txt b/server/requirements-dev.txt
index 0fb57ce8..0882128a 100644
--- a/server/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/server/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ black
 bumpversion>=0.5
 codecov>=2.0.15
 parameterized>=0.7.0
-psycopg2==2.7.7
+psycopg2-binary>=2.8.5
 pytest>=3.6.3
 python-jose>=3.2.0
 scanpy>=1.4.6