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 #### Python2.*
 Just copy the psycopg2 directory into your AWS Lambda zip package.
 
-#### Python 3.6
-Just copy the psycopg2-3.6 directory into your AWS Lambda project and rename it to psycopg2 before creating your AWS Lambda zip package.
+#### Python 3.9
+When creating a lambda layer for deployment or packaging to be used as an import, follow these steps:
+1. Create the following directory tree, if building for python3.6, otherwise replace ‘python3.9’ with the version choice:
+2. `mkdir -p python/lib/python3.9/site-packages/psycopg2`
+3. Choose the python version of interest and copy the files from the folders downloaded in step 1. to the directory tree in step 2. e.g. if building a layer for python 3.9: `cp psycopg2-3.9/* python/lib/python3.9/site-packages/psycopg2`
+4. Create the zip file for the layer. e.g.: zip -r9 psycopg2-py39.zip python
+5. Create a layer in the console or cli and upload the zip
 
 ### Instructions on compiling this package from scratch