diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0115efb..8f687dc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,14 +16,18 @@ default = [ "cockroach" ]
 [dependencies]
 bb8 = "0.8"
 async-trait = "0.1.73"
-diesel = { version = "2.1.0", default-features = false, features = [ "r2d2" ] }
+# FIXME before merging
+# diesel = { version = "2.1.0", default-features = false, features = [ "r2d2" ] }
+diesel = { git = "https://github.com/smklein/diesel.git", branch = "update_database_url", default-features = false, features = [ "r2d2" ] }
 futures = "0.3"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.32", default-features = false, features = [ "rt-multi-thread" ] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
-diesel = { version = "2.1.0", features = [ "postgres", "r2d2" ] }
+# FIXME before merging
+# diesel = { version = "2.1.0", features = [ "postgres", "r2d2" ] }
+diesel = { git = "https://github.com/smklein/diesel.git", branch = "update_database_url", default-features = false, features = [ "r2d2" ] }
 libc = "0.2.150"
 tempfile = "3.8"
 tokio = { version = "1.32", features = [ "macros", "fs", "process" ] }
diff --git a/src/connection_manager.rs b/src/connection_manager.rs
index 5da755a..0b80b50 100644
--- a/src/connection_manager.rs
+++ b/src/connection_manager.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ impl<T: Send + 'static> ConnectionManager<T> {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn update_database_url<S: Into<String>>(&self, database_url: S) {
+        self.inner.lock().unwrap().update_database_url(database_url)
+    }
+
     async fn run_blocking<R, F>(&self, f: F) -> R
     where
         R: Send + 'static,