diff --git a/R/redshift.r b/R/redshift.r
index 01b3753..587ec93 100644
--- a/R/redshift.r
+++ b/R/redshift.r
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ library(RJDBC)
 redshift.driver <- function(postgresql_driver = "default") {
   if(postgresql_driver != "default"){
     driver.class.path <- postgresql_driver
-  } else  driver.class.path <- system.file("java", "postgresql-8.4-703.jdbc4.jar", package = "redshift")
+  } else  driver.class.path <- system.file("java", "RedshiftJDBC41-1.1.10.1010.jar", package = "redshift")
   
-  return(JDBC("org.postgresql.Driver", driver.class.path, identifier.quote="`"))
+  return(JDBC("com.amazon.redshift.jdbc41.Driver", driver.class.path, identifier.quote="`"))
 }
 
 redshift.connect <- function(jdbcUrl, username, password, custom_driver = "default") {
diff --git a/inst/java/RedshiftJDBC41-1.1.10.1010.jar b/inst/java/RedshiftJDBC41-1.1.10.1010.jar
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index 0000000..a7224da
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diff --git a/inst/java/postgresql-8.4-703.jdbc4.jar b/inst/java/postgresql-8.4-703.jdbc4.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c8d5f8..0000000
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diff --git a/man/redshift.driver.Rd b/man/redshift.driver.Rd
index a5aea55..af9c515 100644
--- a/man/redshift.driver.Rd
+++ b/man/redshift.driver.Rd
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Creates the JDBC driver used by RJDBC to connect to Redshift. Doesn't need to be
 redshift.driver(custom_driver = "default")
 }
 \arguments{
-  \item{custom_driver}{Option to point to a custom PostgreSQL driver JAR. Class name must be "org.postgresql.Driver"}
+  \item{custom_driver}{Option to point to a custom PostgreSQL driver JAR. Class name must be "com.amazon.redshift.jdbc41.Driver"}
 }
 \value{
 JDBC Driver