diff --git a/postgres/datadog_checks/postgres/connections.py b/postgres/datadog_checks/postgres/connections.py
index f3ff80fcc22fd..fd729a45d272c 100644
--- a/postgres/datadog_checks/postgres/connections.py
+++ b/postgres/datadog_checks/postgres/connections.py
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ def __str__(self):
 class ConnectionInfo:
     def __init__(
         self,
-        connection: psycopg2.extensions.connection,
-        deadline: int,
+        connection: psycopg.Connection,
+        deadline: datetime,
         active: bool,
-        last_accessed: int,
+        last_accessed: datetime,
         thread: threading.Thread,
     ):
         self.connection = connection
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def __init__(self, connect_fn: Callable[[str], None], max_conns: int = None):
                 )
         self.connect_fn = connect_fn
 
-    def _get_connection_raw(self, dbname: str, ttl_ms: int, timeout: int = None) -> psycopg2.extensions.connection:
+    def _get_connection_raw(self, dbname: str, ttl_ms: int, timeout: int = None) -> psycopg.Connection:
         """
         Return a connection from the pool.
         """
@@ -183,6 +183,6 @@ def _terminate_connection_unsafe(self, dbname: str):
                 db.close()
             except Exception:
                 self._stats.connection_closed_failed += 1
-                self._log.exception("failed to close DB connection for db=%s", dbname)
+                self.log.exception("failed to close DB connection for db=%s", dbname)
                 return False
         return True
diff --git a/postgres/pyproject.toml b/postgres/pyproject.toml
index cca5eb5ba5651..3ebab24ffef69 100644
--- a/postgres/pyproject.toml
+++ b/postgres/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ deps = [
     "cachetools==5.3.1; python_version > '3.0'",
     "psycopg[binary]==3.1.9; python_version > '3.0'",
     "semver==3.0.1; python_version > '3.0'",
-    "psycopg[pool]==3.1.7; python_version > '3.0'",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]