diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 31ac413..c5d0a1d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+0.8.3
+-----
+- Switch to using `sslmode=require` for connections to backend DB
+
+0.8.2
+-----
+- Switch to new PyPi publish method
+
 0.8.1
 -----
 - Switch to using `sslmode=prefer` for connections to backend DB
diff --git a/cicada/lib/postgres.py b/cicada/lib/postgres.py
index 5a1c934..2e9d771 100644
--- a/cicada/lib/postgres.py
+++ b/cicada/lib/postgres.py
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ def db_cicada(dbname=None):
     user = definitions["db_cicada"]["user"]
     password = definitions["db_cicada"]["password"]
 
-    conn = psycopg2.connect(host=host, port=port, dbname=dbname, user=user, password=password, sslmode="prefer")
+    conn = psycopg2.connect(
+        host=host, port=port, dbname=dbname, user=user, password=password, sslmode="require", application_name="cicada"
+    )
     conn.autocommit = True
 
     return conn
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 71cf893..3ccba00 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="cicada",
-    version="0.8.2",
+    version="0.8.3",
     description="Lightweight, agent-based, distributed scheduler",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         "pyyaml==6.0.*",
         "croniter==2.0.*",
         "tabulate==0.9.*",
-        "slack-sdk==3.30.*",
+        "slack-sdk==3.31.*",
         "backoff==2.2.*",
     ],
     extras_require={