diff --git a/lib/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation.rb b/lib/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation.rb
index 80e2c7a..48f87d3 100755
--- a/lib/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation.rb
+++ b/lib/database_cleaner/active_record/truncation.rb
@@ -60,18 +60,15 @@ module ActiveRecord
     class PostgreSQLAdapter < AbstractAdapter
 
       def db_version
-        @db_version ||= select_values(
-          "SELECT CHARACTER_VALUE
-            FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SQL_IMPLEMENTATION_INFO
-            WHERE IMPLEMENTATION_INFO_NAME = 'DBMS VERSION' ").join.to_s
+        @db_version ||= select_value('SHOW SERVER_VERSION')
       end
 
       def cascade
-        @cascade ||= db_version >=  "08.02" ? "CASCADE" : ""
+        @cascade ||= db_version >=  '8.2' ? 'CASCADE' : ''
       end
 
       def restart_identity
-        @restart_identity ||= db_version >=  "08.04" ? "RESTART IDENTITY" : ""
+        @restart_identity ||= db_version >=  '8.4' ? 'RESTART IDENTITY' : ''
       end
 
       def truncate_table(table_name)