diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 15c63f5..9cceb07 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v2
       with:
-        go-version: '1.17.0' # The Go version to download (if necessary) and use.
+        go-version: '1.19.0' # The Go version to download (if necessary) and use.
 
     # Install all the dependencies
     - name: Install dependencies
diff --git a/cache_test.go b/cache_test.go
index 703af61..c83a687 100644
--- a/cache_test.go
+++ b/cache_test.go
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ func TestSQLCache(t *testing.T) {
 	defer putBuffer(buf)
 
 	buf.WriteString("test")
-	_, ok := defaultDialect.getCachedSQL(buf)
+	_, ok := defaultDialectPointer.Load().getCachedSQL(buf)
 	require.False(t, ok)
 
-	defaultDialect.putCachedSQL(buf, "test SQL")
-	sql, ok := defaultDialect.getCachedSQL(buf)
+	defaultDialectPointer.Load().putCachedSQL(buf, "test SQL")
+	sql, ok := defaultDialectPointer.Load().getCachedSQL(buf)
 	require.True(t, ok)
 	require.Equal(t, "test SQL", sql)
 
-	defaultDialect.ClearCache()
+	defaultDialectPointer.Load().ClearCache()
 }
diff --git a/dialect.go b/dialect.go
index c935754..d5085d1 100644
--- a/dialect.go
+++ b/dialect.go
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
-	"sync/atomic"
-	"unsafe"
 )
 
 // Dialect defines the method SQL statement is to be built.
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ var (
 	PostgreSQL *Dialect = &Dialect{}
 )
 
-var defaultDialect = NoDialect
+var defaultDialectPointer = newAtomicPointer(NoDialect)
 
 /*
 SetDialect selects a Dialect to be used by default.
@@ -50,7 +48,7 @@ Dialect can be one of sqlf.NoDialect or sqlf.PostgreSQL
 	sqlf.SetDialect(sqlf.PostgreSQL)
 */
 func SetDialect(newDefaultDialect *Dialect) {
-	atomic.StorePointer((*unsafe.Pointer)(unsafe.Pointer(&defaultDialect)), unsafe.Pointer(newDefaultDialect))
+	defaultDialectPointer.Store(newDefaultDialect)
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c08b9b8..f93e72d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 module github.com/leporo/sqlf
 
-go 1.13
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.16
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2
 	github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0
 )
+
+require (
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+)
diff --git a/stmt.go b/stmt.go
index a05df7e..36f1fb5 100644
--- a/stmt.go
+++ b/stmt.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Use New for special cases like this:
 	}
 */
 func New(verb string, args ...interface{}) *Stmt {
-	return defaultDialect.New(verb, args...)
+	return defaultDialectPointer.Load().New(verb, args...)
 }
 
 /*
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ From starts a SELECT statement.
 	}
 */
 func From(expr string, args ...interface{}) *Stmt {
-	return defaultDialect.From(expr, args...)
+	return defaultDialectPointer.Load().From(expr, args...)
 }
 
 /*
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ With starts a statement prepended by WITH clause
 and closes a subquery passed as an argument.
 */
 func With(queryName string, query *Stmt) *Stmt {
-	return defaultDialect.With(queryName, query)
+	return defaultDialectPointer.Load().With(queryName, query)
 }
 
 /*
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Select starts a SELECT statement.
 Note that From method can also be used to start a SELECT statement.
 */
 func Select(expr string, args ...interface{}) *Stmt {
-	return defaultDialect.Select(expr, args...)
+	return defaultDialectPointer.Load().Select(expr, args...)
 }
 
 /*
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Update starts an UPDATE statement.
 	}
 */
 func Update(tableName string) *Stmt {
-	return defaultDialect.Update(tableName)
+	return defaultDialectPointer.Load().Update(tableName)
 }
 
 /*
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ InsertInto starts an INSERT statement.
 	}
 */
 func InsertInto(tableName string) *Stmt {
-	return defaultDialect.InsertInto(tableName)
+	return defaultDialectPointer.Load().InsertInto(tableName)
 }
 
 /*
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ DeleteFrom starts a DELETE statement.
 	err := sqlf.DeleteFrom("table").Where("id = ?", id).ExecAndClose(ctx, db)
 */
 func DeleteFrom(tableName string) *Stmt {
-	return defaultDialect.DeleteFrom(tableName)
+	return defaultDialectPointer.Load().DeleteFrom(tableName)
 }
 
 type stmtChunk struct {
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index dcac33c..ea70b9f 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package sqlf
 
 import (
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"unsafe"
 )
 
@@ -25,3 +26,11 @@ func insertAt(dest, src []interface{}, index int) []interface{} {
 func bufToString(buf *[]byte) string {
 	return *(*string)(unsafe.Pointer(buf))
 }
+
+func newAtomicPointer[T any](initialValue *T) *atomic.Pointer[T] {
+	var pointer atomic.Pointer[T]
+
+	pointer.Store(initialValue)
+
+	return &pointer
+}