diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cbeef02a..b54607b6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jackc/chunkreader/v2 v2.0.0
 	github.com/jackc/pgio v1.0.0
 	github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0
-	github.com/jackc/pgproto3/v2 v2.0.0-alpha1.0.20190609003834-432c2951c711
+	github.com/jackc/pgproto3/v2 v2.0.0-rc2
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190411191339-88737f569e3a
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0e853203..d7a6d087 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ github.com/jackc/pgio v1.0.0 h1:g12B9UwVnzGhueNavwioyEEpAmqMe1E/BN9ES+8ovkE=
 github.com/jackc/pgio v1.0.0/go.mod h1:oP+2QK2wFfUWgr+gxjoBH9KGBb31Eio69xUb0w5bYf8=
 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/pgproto3/v2 v2.0.0-alpha1.0.20190609003834-432c2951c711 h1:vZp4bYotXUkFx7JUSm7U8KV/7Q0AOdrQxxBBj0ZmZsg=
-github.com/jackc/pgproto3/v2 v2.0.0-alpha1.0.20190609003834-432c2951c711/go.mod h1:uH0AWtUmuShn0bcesswc4aBTWGvw0cAxIJp+6OB//Wg=
+github.com/jackc/pgproto3/v2 v2.0.0-rc2 h1:u+jUsxBxiLY2C6mhr8cZhSy71n/y8Id2STOzJ7bl2Mg=
+github.com/jackc/pgproto3/v2 v2.0.0-rc2/go.mod h1:uH0AWtUmuShn0bcesswc4aBTWGvw0cAxIJp+6OB//Wg=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1 h1:iURUrRGxPUNPdy5/HRSm+Yj6okJ6UtLINN0Q9M4+h3I=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=