diff --git a/db_test.go b/db_test.go
index 45b5c85..2b7f090 100644
--- a/db_test.go
+++ b/db_test.go
@@ -7,12 +7,11 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 
-	_ "github.com/lib/pq" // postgres
+	_ "github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/stdlib" // pgx
 )
 
 func init() {
-	// we register an sql driver txdb
-	Register("pgtxdb", "postgres", "user=pgtxdbtest dbname=pgtxdbtest sslmode=disable")
+	Register("pgtxdb", "pgx", "postgres://pgtxdbtest@localhost:5432/pgtxdbtest?sslmode=disable")
 }
 
 func TestShouldRunWithinTransaction(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 04fc142..96ce45f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,19 @@
 module github.com/kanmu/pgtxdb
 
-go 1.20
+go 1.21
+
+toolchain go1.23.2
 
 require (
-	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9
+	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.7.1
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 )
+
+require (
+	github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761 // indirect
+	github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.2 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.27.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.18.0 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 094efa6..170a468 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,4 +1,30 @@
-github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9 h1:YXG7RB+JIjhP29X+OtkiDnYaXQwpS4JEWq7dtCCRUEw=
-github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 h1:/6Hmqy13Ss2zCq62VdNG8tM1wchn8zjSGOBJ6icpsIM=
+github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0/go.mod h1:CEx0iS5ambNFdcRtxPj5JhEz+xB6uRky5eyVu/W2HEg=
+github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761 h1:iCEnooe7UlwOQYpKFhBabPMi4aNAfoODPEFNiAnClxo=
+github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20240606120523-5a60cdf6a761/go.mod h1:5TJZWKEWniPve33vlWYSoGYefn3gLQRzjfDlhSJ9ZKM=
+github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.7.1 h1:x7SYsPBYDkHDksogeSmZZ5xzThcTgRz++I5E+ePFUcs=
+github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.7.1/go.mod h1:e7O26IywZZ+naJtWWos6i6fvWK+29etgITqrqHLfoZA=
+github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.2 h1:PR8nw+E/1w0GLuRFSmiioY6UooMp6KJv0/61nB7icHo=
+github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:vriiEXHvEE654aYKXXjOvZM39qJ0q+azkZFrfEOc3H4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKsk=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.27.0 h1:GXm2NjJrPaiv/h1tb2UH8QfgC/hOf/+z0p6PT8o1w7A=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.27.0/go.mod h1:1Xngt8kV6Dvbssa53Ziq6Eqn0HqbZi5Z6R0ZpwQzt70=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0 h1:3NFvSEYkUoMifnESzZl15y791HH1qU2xm6eCJU5ZPXQ=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
+golang.org/x/text v0.18.0 h1:XvMDiNzPAl0jr17s6W9lcaIhGUfUORdGCNsuLmPG224=
+golang.org/x/text v0.18.0/go.mod h1:BuEKDfySbSR4drPmRPG/7iBdf8hvFMuRexcpahXilzY=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index 344fa5f..ec8a839 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 
-	_ "github.com/lib/pq" // postgres
+	_ "github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/stdlib" // pgx
 )
 
 // TestMain service package setup/teardonw
 func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
-	db, err := sql.Open("postgres", "user=pgtxdbtest dbname=pgtxdbtest sslmode=disable")
+	db, err := sql.Open("pgx", "postgres://pgtxdbtest@localhost:5432/pgtxdbtest?sslmode=disable")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("failed to connect test db: %s", err.Error())
 	}