diff --git a/.nvmrc b/.nvmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a207c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.nvmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+v20.18.3
diff --git a/lib/models/message.js b/lib/models/message.js
index 40dab5b..b1646a6 100644
--- a/lib/models/message.js
+++ b/lib/models/message.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const xml2js = require('xml2js')
-const sql = require('sql').setDialect('postgres')
+const { Sql } = require('sql-ts')
+const sql = new Sql('postgres')
 const messages = sql.define({
   name: 'messages',
   columns: ['identifier', 'msg_type', 'references', 'alert', 'fwis_code', 'expires', 'sent', 'created']
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index cc2a194..f495c79 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 {
   "name": "cap-xml",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.1.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "cap-xml",
-      "version": "2.0.0",
+      "version": "2.1.0",
       "license": "OGL",
       "dependencies": {
         "feed": "4.2.2",
         "joi": "^17.13.3",
         "moment": "^2.30.1",
         "pg": "8.13.0",
-        "sql": "0.78.0",
+        "sql-ts": "7.1.0",
         "xml2js": "0.6.2"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         "standard": "17.1.2"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=18"
+        "node": ">=20"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@ampproject/remapping": {
@@ -1124,10 +1124,11 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "node_modules/cross-spawn": {
-      "version": "7.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-7.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-iRDPJKUPVEND7dHPO8rkbOnPpyDygcDFtWjpeWNCgy8WP2rXcxXL8TskReQl6OrB2G7+UJrags1q15Fudc7G6w==",
+      "version": "7.0.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-7.0.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-uV2QOWP2nWzsy2aMp8aRibhi9dlzF5Hgh5SHaB9OiTGEyDTiJJyx0uy51QXdyWbtAHNua4XJzUKca3OzKUd3vA==",
       "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "path-key": "^3.1.0",
         "shebang-command": "^2.0.0",
@@ -3176,6 +3177,12 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/lodash": {
+      "version": "4.17.21",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.21.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-v2kDEe57lecTulaDIuNTPy3Ry4gLGJ6Z1O3vE1krgXZNrsQ+LFTGHVxVjcXPs17LhbZVGedAJv8XZ1tvj5FvSg==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/lodash.merge": {
       "version": "4.6.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash.merge/-/lodash.merge-4.6.2.tgz",
@@ -4145,11 +4152,6 @@
         "node": ">=8"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/sliced": {
-      "version": "0.0.5",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sliced/-/sliced-0.0.5.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-9bYT917D6H3+q8GlQBJmLVz3bc4OeVGfZ2BB12wvLnluTGfG6/8UdOUbKJDW1EEx9SZMDbjnatkau5/XcUeyOw=="
-    },
     "node_modules/source-map": {
       "version": "0.7.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/source-map/-/source-map-0.7.4.tgz",
@@ -4186,22 +4188,24 @@
         "node": ">= 10.x"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/sql": {
-      "version": "0.78.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sql/-/sql-0.78.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-+If27aF3UQxmnuF5JgTJKd/X6TiELa1f58Zo5TX9ULbPnqs1fBDODwwbtU0WwM5H3lSiwx2En4m2lB1rCoIhvQ==",
+    "node_modules/sql-ts": {
+      "version": "7.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sql-ts/-/sql-ts-7.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-1BZdFfFqPJ2m0Ah8KDm04Pc/MVoQP+3CLhcTaCgba2kJ5eZ/A19AmSEmJrHmD30Ciu7FRguGhNoj8RhZT0r9Dw==",
+      "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "lodash": "4.1.x",
-        "sliced": "0.0.x"
+        "lodash": "^4.17.21",
+        "sliced": "~1.0.x"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": "*"
+        "node": "^18 || ^20 || >=22"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/sql/node_modules/lodash": {
-      "version": "4.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lodash/-/lodash-4.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-B9sgtKUlz0xe7lkYb80BcOpwwJJw5iOiz4HkBDzF0+i5nJLiwfBnL08m7bBkCOPBfi+0aqvrJDMdZDfAvs8vYg=="
+    "node_modules/sql-ts/node_modules/sliced": {
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/sliced/-/sliced-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-VZBmZP8WU3sMOZm1bdgTadsQbcscK0UM8oKxKVBs4XAhUo2Xxzm/OFMGBkPusxw9xL3Uy8LrzEqGqJhclsr0yA==",
+      "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/standard": {
       "version": "17.1.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0ca6fcb..ad12cfb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
   "name": "cap-xml",
-  "version": "2.0.0",
+  "version": "2.1.0",
   "description": "CAP XML service",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18"
+    "node": ">=20"
   },
   "main": "handler.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     "joi": "^17.13.3",
     "moment": "^2.30.1",
     "pg": "8.13.0",
-    "sql": "0.78.0",
+    "sql-ts": "7.1.0",
     "xml2js": "0.6.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 0de9633..bc126e5 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 This project provides CAP XML services through the use of AWS Lambda.
 
+## Prerequisites
+
+- **Node.js 20** or higher
+
 ## Installing
 
 `npm install`