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,
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/asyncsql/PostgreSQLTest.java b/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/asyncsql/PostgreSQLTest.java
index 4e978501..4ff0b1a9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/asyncsql/PostgreSQLTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/vertx/ext/asyncsql/PostgreSQLTest.java
@@ -97,4 +97,35 @@ public void queryTypeTimestampWithoutTimezoneTest(TestContext context) throws Ex
     });
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testUpdatingNumericField(TestContext context) {
+    Async async = context.async();
+    client.getConnection(ar -> {
+      ensureSuccess(context, ar);
+      conn = ar.result();
+      conn.execute("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS test_table", ar1 -> {
+        ensureSuccess(context, ar1);
+        conn.execute("CREATE TABLE test_table (id BIGSERIAL, numcol NUMERIC)", ar2 -> {
+          ensureSuccess(context, ar2);
+          conn.query("INSERT INTO test_table DEFAULT VALUES RETURNING id", ar3 -> {
+            ensureSuccess(context, ar3);
+            System.out.println("result: " + ar3.result().toJson().encode());
+            final long id = ar3.result().getResults().get(0).getLong(0);
+            conn.updateWithParams("UPDATE test_table SET numcol = ? WHERE id = ?", new JsonArray().add(1234).add(id), ar4 -> {
+              ensureSuccess(context, ar4);
+              conn.updateWithParams("UPDATE test_table SET numcol = ? WHERE id = ?", new JsonArray().addNull().add(id), ar5 -> {
+                ensureSuccess(context, ar5);
+                conn.updateWithParams("UPDATE test_table SET numcol = ? WHERE id = ?", new JsonArray().add(123.123).add(id), ar6 -> {
+                  ensureSuccess(context, ar6);
+
+                  async.complete();
+                });
+              });
+            });
+          });
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
 }