diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9cf7d97f..b5967ad4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jackc/pgconn v1.5.0
 	github.com/jackc/pgio v1.0.0
 	github.com/jackc/pgproto3/v2 v2.0.1
-	github.com/jackc/pgtype v1.3.1-0.20200510190516-8cd94a14c75a
+	github.com/jackc/pgtype v1.3.1-0.20200513130519-238967ec4e4c
 	github.com/jackc/puddle v1.1.1
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.15.0
 	github.com/shopspring/decimal v0.0.0-20200227202807-02e2044944cc
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d88000ed..1f52822e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -56,10 +56,13 @@ github.com/jackc/pgtype v0.0.0-20190828014616-a8802b16cc59/go.mod h1:MWlu30kVJrU
 github.com/jackc/pgtype v1.2.0/go.mod h1:5m2OfMh1wTK7x+Fk952IDmI4nw3nPrvtQdM0ZT4WpC0=
 github.com/jackc/pgtype v1.3.1-0.20200510190516-8cd94a14c75a h1:XUNeoL8E15IgWouQ8gfA6EPHOfTqVetdxBhAKMYKNGo=
 github.com/jackc/pgtype v1.3.1-0.20200510190516-8cd94a14c75a/go.mod h1:vaogEUkALtxZMCH411K+tKzNpwzCKU+AnPzBKZ+I+Po=
+github.com/jackc/pgtype v1.3.1-0.20200513130519-238967ec4e4c h1:dkoQjaMKaLf/zTPpbgbZjnU1qN4bpDY+uLBSyiKh/ns=
+github.com/jackc/pgtype v1.3.1-0.20200513130519-238967ec4e4c/go.mod h1:f3c+S645fwV5ZqwPvLWZmmnAfPkmaTeLnXs0byan+aA=
 github.com/jackc/pgx/v4 v4.0.0-20190420224344-cc3461e65d96/go.mod h1:mdxmSJJuR08CZQyj1PVQBHy9XOp5p8/SHH6a0psbY9Y=
 github.com/jackc/pgx/v4 v4.0.0-20190421002000-1b8f0016e912/go.mod h1:no/Y67Jkk/9WuGR0JG/JseM9irFbnEPbuWV2EELPNuM=
 github.com/jackc/pgx/v4 v4.0.0-pre1.0.20190824185557-6972a5742186/go.mod h1:X+GQnOEnf1dqHGpw7JmHqHc1NxDoalibchSk9/RWuDc=
 github.com/jackc/pgx/v4 v4.5.0/go.mod h1:EpAKPLdnTorwmPUUsqrPxy5fphV18j9q3wrfRXgo+kA=
+github.com/jackc/pgx/v4 v4.6.1-0.20200510190926-94ba730bb1e9/go.mod h1:t3/cdRQl6fOLDxqtlyhe9UWgfIi9R8+8v8GKV5TRA/o=
 github.com/jackc/puddle v0.0.0-20190413234325-e4ced69a3a2b h1:cIcUpcEP55F/QuZWEtXyqHoWk+IV4TBiLjtBkeq/Q1c=
 github.com/jackc/puddle v0.0.0-20190413234325-e4ced69a3a2b/go.mod h1:m4B5Dj62Y0fbyuIc15OsIqK0+JU8nkqQjsgx7dvjSWk=
 github.com/jackc/puddle v0.0.0-20190608224051-11cab39313c9 h1:KLBBPU++1T3DHtm1B1QaIHy80Vhu0wNMErIFCNgAL8Y=
diff --git a/rows.go b/rows.go
index 3165050d..612a81bc 100644
--- a/rows.go
+++ b/rows.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package pgx
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
 	"time"
 
 	errors "golang.org/x/xerrors"
@@ -244,7 +243,7 @@ func (rows *connRows) Values() ([]interface{}, error) {
 		}
 
 		if dt, ok := rows.connInfo.DataTypeForOID(fd.DataTypeOID); ok {
-			value := reflect.New(reflect.ValueOf(dt.Value).Elem().Type()).Interface().(pgtype.Value)
+			value := pgtype.NewValue(dt.Value)
 
 			switch fd.Format {
 			case TextFormatCode: