diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 97d26000a..a92a06416 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <r2dbc-spi.version>1.0.0.RELEASE</r2dbc-spi.version>
         <reactor.version>2023.0.6</reactor.version>
+        <scram-client.version>3.0</scram-client.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.13</slf4j.version>
         <spring-framework.version>6.1.8</spring-framework.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.19.8</testcontainers.version>
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.ongres.scram</groupId>
-            <artifactId>client</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>scram-client</artifactId>
             <version>${scram-client.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/r2dbc/postgresql/authentication/SASLAuthenticationHandler.java b/src/main/java/io/r2dbc/postgresql/authentication/SASLAuthenticationHandler.java
index dcfe2ed29..95c665378 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/r2dbc/postgresql/authentication/SASLAuthenticationHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/r2dbc/postgresql/authentication/SASLAuthenticationHandler.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package io.r2dbc.postgresql.authentication;
 
 import com.ongres.scram.client.ScramClient;
-import com.ongres.scram.client.ScramSession;
 import com.ongres.scram.common.exception.ScramInvalidServerSignatureException;
 import com.ongres.scram.common.exception.ScramParseException;
 import com.ongres.scram.common.exception.ScramServerErrorException;
@@ -17,8 +16,7 @@
 import reactor.core.Exceptions;
 import reactor.util.annotation.Nullable;
 
-import static com.ongres.scram.client.ScramClient.ChannelBinding.NO;
-import static com.ongres.scram.common.stringprep.StringPreparations.NO_PREPARATION;
+import static com.ongres.scram.common.StringPreparation.NO_PREPARATION;
 
 public class SASLAuthenticationHandler implements AuthenticationHandler {
 
@@ -26,9 +24,7 @@ public class SASLAuthenticationHandler implements AuthenticationHandler {
 
     private final String username;
 
-    private ScramSession.ClientFinalProcessor clientFinalProcessor;
-
-    private ScramSession scramSession;
+    private ScramClient scramClient;
 
     /**
      * Create a new handler.
@@ -73,24 +69,20 @@ public FrontendMessage handle(AuthenticationMessage message) {
     }
 
     private FrontendMessage handleAuthenticationSASL(AuthenticationSASL message) {
-        ScramClient scramClient = ScramClient
-            .channelBinding(NO)
+        scramClient = ScramClient.builder()
+            .advertisedMechanisms(message.getAuthenticationMechanisms())
+            .username(this.username)
+            .password(this.password.toString().toCharArray())
             .stringPreparation(NO_PREPARATION)
-            .selectMechanismBasedOnServerAdvertised(message.getAuthenticationMechanisms().toArray(new String[0]))
-            .setup();
-
-        this.scramSession = scramClient.scramSession(this.username);
+            .build();
 
-        return new SASLInitialResponse(ByteBufferUtils.encode(this.scramSession.clientFirstMessage()), scramClient.getScramMechanism().getName());
+        return new SASLInitialResponse(ByteBufferUtils.encode(scramClient.clientFirstMessage().toString()), scramClient.getScramMechanism().getName());
     }
 
     private FrontendMessage handleAuthenticationSASLContinue(AuthenticationSASLContinue message) {
         try {
-            this.clientFinalProcessor = this.scramSession
-                .receiveServerFirstMessage(ByteBufferUtils.decode(message.getData()))
-                .clientFinalProcessor(this.password.toString());
-
-            return new SASLResponse(ByteBufferUtils.encode(clientFinalProcessor.clientFinalMessage()));
+            scramClient.serverFirstMessage(ByteBufferUtils.decode(message.getData()));
+            return new SASLResponse(ByteBufferUtils.encode(scramClient.clientFinalMessage().toString()));
         } catch (ScramParseException e) {
             throw Exceptions.propagate(e);
         }
@@ -99,7 +91,7 @@ private FrontendMessage handleAuthenticationSASLContinue(AuthenticationSASLConti
     @Nullable
     private FrontendMessage handleAuthenticationSASLFinal(AuthenticationSASLFinal message) {
         try {
-            this.clientFinalProcessor.receiveServerFinalMessage(ByteBufferUtils.decode(message.getAdditionalData()));
+            scramClient.serverFinalMessage(ByteBufferUtils.decode(message.getAdditionalData()));
             return null;
         } catch (ScramParseException | ScramInvalidServerSignatureException | ScramServerErrorException e) {
             throw Exceptions.propagate(e);
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/r2dbc/postgresql/PostgresqlConnectionFactoryUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/io/r2dbc/postgresql/PostgresqlConnectionFactoryUnitTests.java
index 7fdd5c22c..b06c0d791 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/r2dbc/postgresql/PostgresqlConnectionFactoryUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/r2dbc/postgresql/PostgresqlConnectionFactoryUnitTests.java
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@
 
 import java.util.Collections;
 
-import static com.ongres.scram.client.ScramClient.ChannelBinding.NO;
-import static com.ongres.scram.common.stringprep.StringPreparations.NO_PREPARATION;
+import static com.ongres.scram.common.StringPreparation.NO_PREPARATION;
 import static io.r2dbc.postgresql.util.TestByteBufAllocator.TEST;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatIllegalArgumentException;
@@ -82,17 +81,18 @@ void createAuthenticationMD5Password() {
 
     @Test
     void createAuthenticationSASL() {
-        ScramClient scramClient = ScramClient
-            .channelBinding(NO)
+        ScramClient scramClient = ScramClient.builder()
+            .advertisedMechanisms(Collections.singletonList("SCRAM-SHA-256"))
+            .username("test-username")
+            .password("test-password".toCharArray())
             .stringPreparation(NO_PREPARATION)
-            .selectMechanismBasedOnServerAdvertised("SCRAM-SHA-256")
-            .setup();
+            .build();
 
         // @formatter:off
         Client client = TestClient.builder()
             .window()
                 .expectRequest(new StartupMessage( "test-database", "test-username", new TestStartupParameterProvider())).thenRespond(new AuthenticationSASL(Collections.singletonList("SCRAM-SHA-256")))
-                .expectRequest(new SASLInitialResponse(ByteBufferUtils.encode(scramClient.scramSession("test-username").clientFirstMessage()), "SCRAM-SHA-256")).thenRespond(AuthenticationOk.INSTANCE)
+                .expectRequest(new SASLInitialResponse(ByteBufferUtils.encode(scramClient.clientFirstMessage().toString()), "SCRAM-SHA-256")).thenRespond(AuthenticationOk.INSTANCE)
                 .done()
             .build();
         // @formatter:on
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ void createAuthenticationSASL() {
             .username("test-username")
             .password("test-password")
             .build();
+
+        new PostgresqlConnectionFactory(testClientFactory(client, configuration), configuration)
+            .create()
+            .as(StepVerifier::create)
+            .expectNextCount(1)
+            .verifyComplete();
     }
 
     @Test