diff --git a/providers/celery/docs/changelog.rst b/providers/celery/docs/changelog.rst
index b0650015fa0ab..5d1e48876e85f 100644
--- a/providers/celery/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/providers/celery/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@
 Changelog
 ---------
 
+.. note::
+    When ``[celery] result_backend`` is not set and Airflow derives it from ``sql_alchemy_conn``, a
+    driverless ``postgresql://`` connection string now produces ``db+postgresql+psycopg://...`` instead
+    of ``db+postgresql+psycopg2://...``, matching the sync Postgres driver default change in
+    ``apache-airflow`` and ``apache-airflow-providers-postgres``. An explicit ``[celery] result_backend``
+    or an explicit driver in ``sql_alchemy_conn`` is unaffected.
+
 3.21.0
 ......
 
diff --git a/providers/celery/provider.yaml b/providers/celery/provider.yaml
index e10f5030bd470..a5e996df4b597 100644
--- a/providers/celery/provider.yaml
+++ b/providers/celery/provider.yaml
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ config:
         version_added: ~
         type: string
         sensitive: true
-        example: "db+postgresql+psycopg2://postgres:airflow@postgres/airflow"
+        example: "db+postgresql+psycopg://postgres:airflow@postgres/airflow"
         default: ~
       result_backend_sqlalchemy_engine_options:
         description: |
diff --git a/providers/celery/src/airflow/providers/celery/executors/default_celery.py b/providers/celery/src/airflow/providers/celery/executors/default_celery.py
index 9dd94036734e0..3d90b827d5123 100644
--- a/providers/celery/src/airflow/providers/celery/executors/default_celery.py
+++ b/providers/celery/src/airflow/providers/celery/executors/default_celery.py
@@ -31,6 +31,23 @@
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+_USE_PSYCOPG3: bool
+try:
+    from importlib.util import find_spec
+
+    import sqlalchemy
+    from packaging.version import Version
+
+    _sqlalchemy_version = Version(sqlalchemy.__version__)
+    _is_sqla2 = (_sqlalchemy_version.major, _sqlalchemy_version.minor, _sqlalchemy_version.micro) >= (
+        2,
+        0,
+        0,
+    )
+    _USE_PSYCOPG3 = find_spec("psycopg") is not None and _is_sqla2
+except (ImportError, ModuleNotFoundError):
+    _USE_PSYCOPG3 = False
+
 
 def _broker_supports_visibility_timeout(url):
     return url.startswith(("redis://", "rediss://", "sqs://", "sentinel://"))
@@ -79,9 +96,12 @@ def get_default_celery_config(team_conf) -> dict[str, Any]:
     else:
         log.debug("Value for celery result_backend not found. Using sql_alchemy_conn with db+ prefix.")
         sql_alchemy_conn = team_conf.get("database", "SQL_ALCHEMY_CONN")
-        # In SQLAlchemy 2.1 the default PostgreSQL driver changed from psycopg2 to psycopg (v3).
-        # To maintain existing behavior, we explicitly specify psycopg2 for driverless PostgreSQL URLs.
-        sql_alchemy_conn = sql_alchemy_conn.replace("postgresql://", "postgresql+psycopg2://", 1)
+        # Airflow's sync metadata-database driver default is psycopg (v3); mirror that explicitly
+        # for driverless PostgreSQL URLs instead of relying on SQLAlchemy's own default. Fall back to
+        # psycopg2 when psycopg/SQLAlchemy 2.0 aren't both available, matching PostgresHook's own
+        # USE_PSYCOPG3 gating so this doesn't break environments still on the older combination.
+        target_scheme = "postgresql+psycopg://" if _USE_PSYCOPG3 else "postgresql+psycopg2://"
+        sql_alchemy_conn = sql_alchemy_conn.replace("postgresql://", target_scheme, 1)
         result_backend = f"db+{sql_alchemy_conn}"
 
     # Handle result backend transport options (for Redis Sentinel support)
diff --git a/providers/celery/src/airflow/providers/celery/get_provider_info.py b/providers/celery/src/airflow/providers/celery/get_provider_info.py
index a715038d84143..4a79cc58821d5 100644
--- a/providers/celery/src/airflow/providers/celery/get_provider_info.py
+++ b/providers/celery/src/airflow/providers/celery/get_provider_info.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def get_provider_info():
                         "version_added": None,
                         "type": "string",
                         "sensitive": True,
-                        "example": "db+postgresql+psycopg2://postgres:airflow@postgres/airflow",
+                        "example": "db+postgresql+psycopg://postgres:airflow@postgres/airflow",
                         "default": None,
                     },
                     "result_backend_sqlalchemy_engine_options": {
diff --git a/providers/celery/tests/unit/celery/executors/test_celery_executor.py b/providers/celery/tests/unit/celery/executors/test_celery_executor.py
index c349efa32cb4e..a4d11a0de0a82 100644
--- a/providers/celery/tests/unit/celery/executors/test_celery_executor.py
+++ b/providers/celery/tests/unit/celery/executors/test_celery_executor.py
@@ -789,6 +789,32 @@ def test_result_backend_transport_options_with_multiple_options():
     assert result_backend_opts["master_name"] == "mymaster"
 
 
+@conf_vars(
+    {
+        ("celery", "result_backend"): None,
+        ("database", "sql_alchemy_conn"): "postgresql://user:pass@host/db",
+    }
+)
+def test_result_backend_derived_from_sql_alchemy_conn_uses_psycopg(monkeypatch):
+    """A driverless sql_alchemy_conn must derive a psycopg (v3) result_backend, not psycopg2."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr(default_celery, "_USE_PSYCOPG3", True)
+    config = default_celery.get_default_celery_config(conf)
+    assert config["result_backend"] == "db+postgresql+psycopg://user:pass@host/db"
+
+
+@conf_vars(
+    {
+        ("celery", "result_backend"): None,
+        ("database", "sql_alchemy_conn"): "postgresql://user:pass@host/db",
+    }
+)
+def test_result_backend_falls_back_to_psycopg2_without_psycopg3(monkeypatch):
+    """Without psycopg/SQLAlchemy 2.0 available, the derivation must fall back to psycopg2."""
+    monkeypatch.setattr(default_celery, "_USE_PSYCOPG3", False)
+    config = default_celery.get_default_celery_config(conf)
+    assert config["result_backend"] == "db+postgresql+psycopg2://user:pass@host/db"
+
+
 @conf_vars({("celery_result_backend_transport_options", "sentinel_kwargs"): "invalid_json"})
 def test_result_backend_sentinel_kwargs_invalid_json():
     """Test that invalid JSON in sentinel_kwargs raises an error."""