diff --git a/src/dialects/postgres/connection-manager.js b/src/dialects/postgres/connection-manager.js
index 6b8f30a0b7b1..2b1bf6894f23 100644
--- a/src/dialects/postgres/connection-manager.js
+++ b/src/dialects/postgres/connection-manager.js
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class ConnectionManager extends AbstractConnectionManager {
     });
 
     // Don't let a Postgres restart (or error) to take down the whole app
-    connection.once('error', error => {
+    connection.on('error', error => {
       connection._invalid = true;
       debug(`connection error ${error.code || error.message}`);
       this.pool.destroy(connection);