diff --git a/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/store/postgres/aio.py b/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/store/postgres/aio.py
index 7680d0154..22d15ee5f 100644
--- a/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/store/postgres/aio.py
+++ b/libs/checkpoint-postgres/langgraph/store/postgres/aio.py
@@ -558,6 +558,6 @@ class AsyncPostgresStore(AsyncBatchedBaseStore, BasePostgresStore[_ainternal.Con
             else:
                 async with (
                     self.lock,
-                    conn.cursor(binary=True) as cur,
+                    conn.cursor(binary=True, row_factory=dict_row) as cur,
                 ):
                     yield cur