diff --git a/plugin/trino-postgresql/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/postgresql/PostgreSqlClient.java b/plugin/trino-postgresql/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/postgresql/PostgreSqlClient.java
index 7b453af36c2c..04d998bb78e0 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-postgresql/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/postgresql/PostgreSqlClient.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-postgresql/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/postgresql/PostgreSqlClient.java
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@
 import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.sql.Types;
 import java.time.Instant;
-import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.LocalTime;
 import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
@@ -155,6 +154,7 @@
 import static io.trino.plugin.jdbc.StandardColumnMappings.booleanWriteFunction;
 import static io.trino.plugin.jdbc.StandardColumnMappings.charReadFunction;
 import static io.trino.plugin.jdbc.StandardColumnMappings.charWriteFunction;
+import static io.trino.plugin.jdbc.StandardColumnMappings.dateColumnMappingUsingLocalDate;
 import static io.trino.plugin.jdbc.StandardColumnMappings.dateWriteFunctionUsingLocalDate;
 import static io.trino.plugin.jdbc.StandardColumnMappings.decimalColumnMapping;
 import static io.trino.plugin.jdbc.StandardColumnMappings.doubleColumnMapping;
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ public class PostgreSqlClient
     private static final int POSTGRESQL_MAX_SUPPORTED_TIMESTAMP_PRECISION = 6;
     private static final int PRECISION_OF_UNSPECIFIED_DECIMAL = 0;
 
-    private static final DateTimeFormatter DATE_FORMATTER = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("y-MM-dd[ G]");
     private static final DateTimeFormatter TIME_FORMATTER = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS");
 
     private static final PredicatePushdownController POSTGRESQL_STRING_COLLATION_AWARE_PUSHDOWN = (session, domain) -> {
@@ -561,10 +560,7 @@ public Optional<ColumnMapping> toColumnMapping(ConnectorSession session, Connect
                 return Optional.of(varbinaryColumnMapping());
 
             case Types.DATE:
-                return Optional.of(ColumnMapping.longMapping(
-                        DATE,
-                        (resultSet, index) -> LocalDate.parse(resultSet.getString(index), DATE_FORMATTER).toEpochDay(),
-                        dateWriteFunctionUsingLocalDate()));
+                return Optional.of(dateColumnMappingUsingLocalDate());
 
             case Types.TIME:
                 return Optional.of(timeColumnMapping(typeHandle.getRequiredDecimalDigits()));
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c1393069ba9d..e48f74ab1c30 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1621,7 +1621,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
                 <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-                <version>42.3.3</version>
+                <version>42.3.4</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>