diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 99b17c7b..aa9b1745 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   <properties>
     <stack.version>3.3.0-SNAPSHOT</stack.version>
     <scala.version>2.11.4</scala.version>
-    <asyncdriver.version>0.2.18</asyncdriver.version>
+    <asyncdriver.version>0.2.19</asyncdriver.version>
 
     <host>localhost</host>
   </properties>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/asyncsql/impl/BaseSQLClient.java b/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/asyncsql/impl/BaseSQLClient.java
index 133aeac3..7c901c55 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/asyncsql/impl/BaseSQLClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/vertx/ext/asyncsql/impl/BaseSQLClient.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 import com.github.mauricio.async.db.Configuration;
 import com.github.mauricio.async.db.Connection;
+import com.github.mauricio.async.db.SSLConfiguration;
 import io.netty.buffer.PooledByteBufAllocator;
 import io.vertx.core.AsyncResult;
 import io.vertx.core.Future;
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
 import io.vertx.ext.asyncsql.impl.pool.AsyncConnectionPool;
 import io.vertx.ext.sql.SQLConnection;
 import scala.Option;
+import scala.collection.Map$;
 import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext;
 import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration;
 
@@ -116,7 +118,13 @@ protected Configuration getConfiguration(
         Option.empty() : Option.apply(Duration.apply(queryTimeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
 
     log.info("Creating configuration for " + host + ":" + port);
-    return new Configuration(username, host, port, Option.apply(password), Option.apply(database),
+    return new Configuration(
+        username,
+        host,
+        port,
+        Option.apply(password),
+        Option.apply(database),
+        SSLConfiguration.apply(Map$.MODULE$.empty()),
         charset,
         16777216,
         PooledByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT,