diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index df5ed63..6cc599e 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -19,12 +19,21 @@
                       org.mariadb.jdbc/mariadb-java-client {:mvn/version "2.5.4"}
                       mysql/mysql-connector-java {:mvn/version "8.0.19"}
                       org.postgresql/postgresql {:mvn/version "42.2.10"}
-                      com.opentable.components/otj-pg-embedded {:mvn/version "0.13.3"}
-                      com.impossibl.pgjdbc-ng/pgjdbc-ng {:mvn/version "0.8.3"}
+                      io.zonky.test/embedded-postgres {:mvn/version "1.2.6"}
+                      io.zonky.test.postgres/embedded-postgres-binaries-darwin-amd64 {:mvn/version "12.2.0"}
+                      io.zonky.test.postgres/embedded-postgres-binaries-linux-amd64 {:mvn/version "12.2.0"}
+                      io.zonky.test.postgres/embedded-postgres-binaries-windows-amd64 {:mvn/version "12.2.0"}
                       org.xerial/sqlite-jdbc {:mvn/version "3.30.1"}
                       com.microsoft.sqlserver/mssql-jdbc {:mvn/version "8.2.1.jre8"}
                       ;; supplementary test stuff
-                      org.slf4j/slf4j-nop {:mvn/version "1.7.30"}}}
+                      ;; use log4j 2.x:
+                      org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-api {:mvn/version "2.13.3"}
+                      ;; bridge into log4j:
+                      org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-1.2-api {:mvn/version "2.13.3"}
+                      org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-jcl {:mvn/version "2.13.3"}
+                      org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-jul {:mvn/version "2.13.3"}
+                      org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-slf4j-impl {:mvn/version "2.13.3"}}
+         :jvm-opts ["-Dlog4j2.configurationFile=log4j2-info.properties"]}
   :runner
   {:extra-deps {com.cognitect/test-runner
                 {:git/url "https://github.com/cognitect-labs/test-runner"
diff --git a/test/log4j2-info.properties b/test/log4j2-info.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3bc4d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/log4j2-info.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Sean's normal mode, shows INFO and above, with highlighting:
+rootLogger.level = info
+rootLogger.appenderRef.stdout.ref = STDOUT
+
+appender.console.type = Console
+appender.console.name = STDOUT
+appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
+appender.console.layout.pattern = [%c] %highlight{%m}%n
+
+# I do not care about any of c3p0's INFO messages...
+logger.c3p0.name = com.mchange.v2
+logger.c3p0.level = warn
+logger.c3p0.appenderRef.stdout.ref = STDOUT
+
+# ...nor HikariCP...
+logger.hikari.name = com.zaxxer.hikari
+logger.hikari.level = warn
+logger.hikari.appenderRef.stdout.ref = STDOUT
+
+# ...nor embedded HSQLDB...
+logger.hsqldb.name = hsqldb.db
+logger.hsqldb.level = warn
+logger.hsqldb.appenderRef.stdout.ref = STDOUT
+
+# ...nor embedded PostgreSQL...
+logger.postgres.name = io.zonky.test.db.postgres.embedded
+logger.postgres.level = warn
+logger.postgres.appenderRef.stdout.ref = STDOUT
diff --git a/test/next/jdbc_test.clj b/test/next/jdbc_test.clj
index 65217bd..5fb5ecd 100644
--- a/test/next/jdbc_test.clj
+++ b/test/next/jdbc_test.clj
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
             [next.jdbc.connection :as c]
             [next.jdbc.test-fixtures :refer [with-test-db db ds column
                                               default-options
-                                              derby? mssql? mysql? postgres?]]
+                                              derby? jtds? mssql? mysql? postgres?]]
             [next.jdbc.prepare :as prep]
             [next.jdbc.result-set :as rs]
             [next.jdbc.specs :as specs])
@@ -302,9 +302,12 @@ VALUES ('Pear', 'green', 49, 47)
               :else    (is (= {} etc)))
         (is (instance? javax.sql.DataSource ds))
         (is (str/index-of (pr-str ds) (str "jdbc:"
-                                           (if (mssql?)
-                                             "sqlserver" ; mssql is the alias
-                                             (:dbtype (db))))))
+                                           (cond (jtds?)
+                                                 "jtds:server"
+                                                 (mssql?)
+                                                 "sqlserver"
+                                                 :else
+                                                 (:dbtype (db))))))
         ;; checks get-datasource on a DataSource is identity
         (is (identical? ds (jdbc/get-datasource ds)))
         (with-open [con (jdbc/get-connection ds {})]