diff --git a/Dockerfile-dev b/Dockerfile-dev
index 8d4bae4..b2df595 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-dev
+++ b/Dockerfile-dev
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 FROM python:3.10-slim
 
+# Install build dependencies for asyncpg and other C extensions
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y build-essential libffi-dev gcc python3-dev
+
 WORKDIR /dspback
 
 COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e37d5d6..ea54d30 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ aiofiles==0.8.0
 alembic==1.7.7
 anyio==3.5.0
 asgiref==3.5.0
-asyncpg==0.25.0
+asyncpg==0.26.0
 attrs==21.4.0
 Authlib==0.15.5
 beautifulsoup4==4.10.0