diff --git a/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-jasync/pom.xml b/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-jasync/pom.xml
index d54669ed..6ac368a3 100644
--- a/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-jasync/pom.xml
+++ b/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-jasync/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   <name>Vert.x MySQL/PostgreSQL Client based on jasync-sql/Kotlin</name>
 
   <properties>
-    <asyncdriver.version>0.8.62</asyncdriver.version>
+    <asyncdriver.version>0.9.23</asyncdriver.version>
     <vertx.testNativeTransport>false</vertx.testNativeTransport>
     <doc.skip>false</doc.skip>
   </properties>
diff --git a/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-jasync/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/asyncsql/impl/BaseSQLClient.java b/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-jasync/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/asyncsql/impl/BaseSQLClient.java
index 72cece4d..85460977 100644
--- a/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-jasync/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/asyncsql/impl/BaseSQLClient.java
+++ b/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-jasync/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/asyncsql/impl/BaseSQLClient.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import io.vertx.core.logging.LoggerFactory;
 import io.vertx.ext.asyncsql.impl.pool.AsyncConnectionPool;
 import io.vertx.ext.sql.SQLConnection;
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers;
 
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.time.Duration;
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ protected ConnectionPoolConfiguration getConnectionConfiguration(
     long testTimeout = config.getLong("testTimeout", defaultTestTimeout);
     Long queryTimeout = config.getLong("queryTimeout");
     Map<String, String> sslConfig = buildSslConfig(config);
+    String applicationName = config.getString("applicationName");
 
     log.info("Creating configuration for " + host + ":" + port);
     return new ConnectionPoolConfiguration(
@@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ protected ConnectionPoolConfiguration getConnectionConfiguration(
       database,
       username,
       password,
-      0 /*maxActiveConnections, unused*/,
+      1 /*maxActiveConnections, unused*/,
       0 /*maxIdleTime, unused*/,
       0 /*maxPendingQueries, unused*/,
       0 /*connectionValidationInterval*/,
@@ -131,8 +133,12 @@ protected ConnectionPoolConfiguration getConnectionConfiguration(
       queryTimeout,
       vertx.nettyEventLoopGroup(),
       vertx.nettyEventLoopGroup(), /*executor: in non-blocking world, we should only have one event loop group*/
+      Dispatchers.getDefault(),
       new SSLConfiguration(sslConfig),
-      charset);
+      charset,
+      16777216,
+      PooledByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT,
+      applicationName);
   }
 
   private Map<String, String> buildSslConfig(JsonObject config) {
diff --git a/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-jasync/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/asyncsql/impl/pool/MysqlAsyncConnectionPool.java b/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-jasync/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/asyncsql/impl/pool/MysqlAsyncConnectionPool.java
index b47c0a15..f16d6f56 100644
--- a/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-jasync/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/asyncsql/impl/pool/MysqlAsyncConnectionPool.java
+++ b/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-jasync/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/asyncsql/impl/pool/MysqlAsyncConnectionPool.java
@@ -16,14 +16,12 @@
 
 package io.vertx.ext.asyncsql.impl.pool;
 
-import com.github.jasync.sql.db.Configuration;
 import com.github.jasync.sql.db.Connection;
 import com.github.jasync.sql.db.ConnectionPoolConfiguration;
 import com.github.jasync.sql.db.mysql.MySQLConnection;
 import com.github.jasync.sql.db.mysql.util.CharsetMapper;
 import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
 import io.vertx.core.json.JsonObject;
-import io.vertx.ext.asyncsql.impl.ConversionUtils;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of the {@link AsyncConnectionPool} for MySQL.
@@ -40,9 +38,7 @@ public MysqlAsyncConnectionPool(Vertx vertx, JsonObject globalConfig, Connection
   protected Connection create() {
     return new MySQLConnection(
       connectionConfig.getConnectionConfiguration(),
-      CharsetMapper.Companion.getInstance(),
-      vertx.nettyEventLoopGroup(),
-      vertx.nettyEventLoopGroup()
+      CharsetMapper.Companion.getInstance()
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-jasync/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/asyncsql/impl/pool/PostgresqlAsyncConnectionPool.java b/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-jasync/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/asyncsql/impl/pool/PostgresqlAsyncConnectionPool.java
index a43712aa..807f1e2f 100644
--- a/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-jasync/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/asyncsql/impl/pool/PostgresqlAsyncConnectionPool.java
+++ b/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client-jasync/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/asyncsql/impl/pool/PostgresqlAsyncConnectionPool.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 package io.vertx.ext.asyncsql.impl.pool;
 
-import com.github.jasync.sql.db.Configuration;
 import com.github.jasync.sql.db.Connection;
 import com.github.jasync.sql.db.ConnectionPoolConfiguration;
 import com.github.jasync.sql.db.postgresql.PostgreSQLConnection;
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@
 import com.github.jasync.sql.db.postgresql.column.PostgreSQLColumnEncoderRegistry;
 import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
 import io.vertx.core.json.JsonObject;
-import io.vertx.ext.asyncsql.impl.ConversionUtils;
 
 /**
  * Implementation of the {@link AsyncConnectionPool} for PostGresSQL.
@@ -42,10 +40,7 @@ protected Connection create() {
     return new PostgreSQLConnection(
       connectionConfig.getConnectionConfiguration(),
       PostgreSQLColumnEncoderRegistry.Companion.getInstance(),
-      PostgreSQLColumnDecoderRegistry.Companion.getInstance(),
-      vertx.nettyEventLoopGroup(),
-      vertx.nettyEventLoopGroup()
-    );
+      PostgreSQLColumnDecoderRegistry.Companion.getInstance());
   }
 
 }