diff --git a/akka-projection-r2dbc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/r2dbc/internal/PostgresOffsetStoreDao.scala b/akka-projection-r2dbc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/r2dbc/internal/PostgresOffsetStoreDao.scala
index 5cd2df80f..2ad2bd056 100644
--- a/akka-projection-r2dbc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/r2dbc/internal/PostgresOffsetStoreDao.scala
+++ b/akka-projection-r2dbc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/r2dbc/internal/PostgresOffsetStoreDao.scala
@@ -62,11 +62,13 @@ private[projection] class PostgresOffsetStoreDao(
 
   private implicit val ec: ExecutionContext = system.executionContext
 
-  private val selectTimestampOffsetSql: String =
+  protected def createSelectTimestampOffsetSql: String =
     sql"""
     SELECT projection_key, persistence_id, seq_nr, timestamp_offset
     FROM $timestampOffsetTable WHERE slice = ? AND projection_name = ? ORDER BY timestamp_offset DESC LIMIT ?"""
 
+  private val selectTimestampOffsetSql: String = createSelectTimestampOffsetSql
+
   protected def createSelectOneTimestampOffsetSql: String =
     sql"""
     SELECT seq_nr, timestamp_offset
@@ -192,24 +194,25 @@ private[projection] class PostgresOffsetStoreDao(
           s"Expected BySlicesSourceProvider to be defined when TimestampOffset is used.")
     }
 
+  protected def bindSelectTimestampOffsetSql(stmt: Statement, slice: Int): Statement = {
+    stmt
+      .bind(0, slice)
+      .bind(1, projectionId.name)
+      .bind(2, settings.offsetSliceReadLimit)
+  }
+
   override def readTimestampOffset(
       slice: Int): Future[immutable.IndexedSeq[R2dbcOffsetStore.RecordWithProjectionKey]] = {
-    r2dbcExecutor.select("read timestamp offset")(
-      conn => {
-        logger.trace("reading timestamp offset slice [{}] for [{}]", slice, projectionId)
-        conn
-          .createStatement(selectTimestampOffsetSql)
-          .bind(0, slice)
-          .bind(1, projectionId.name)
-          .bind(2, settings.offsetSliceReadLimit)
-      },
-      row => {
-        val projectionKey = row.get("projection_key", classOf[String])
-        val pid = row.get("persistence_id", classOf[String])
-        val seqNr = row.get("seq_nr", classOf[java.lang.Long])
-        val timestamp = row.getTimestamp("timestamp_offset")
-        R2dbcOffsetStore.RecordWithProjectionKey(R2dbcOffsetStore.Record(slice, pid, seqNr, timestamp), projectionKey)
-      })
+    r2dbcExecutor.select("read timestamp offset")(conn => {
+      logger.trace("reading timestamp offset slice [{}] for [{}]", slice, projectionId)
+      bindSelectTimestampOffsetSql(conn.createStatement(selectTimestampOffsetSql), slice)
+    }, row => {
+      val projectionKey = row.get("projection_key", classOf[String])
+      val pid = row.get("persistence_id", classOf[String])
+      val seqNr = row.get("seq_nr", classOf[java.lang.Long])
+      val timestamp = row.getTimestamp("timestamp_offset")
+      R2dbcOffsetStore.RecordWithProjectionKey(R2dbcOffsetStore.Record(slice, pid, seqNr, timestamp), projectionKey)
+    })
   }
 
   def readTimestampOffset(slice: Int, pid: String): Future[Option[R2dbcOffsetStore.Record]] = {
diff --git a/akka-projection-r2dbc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/r2dbc/internal/SqlServerOffsetStoreDao.scala b/akka-projection-r2dbc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/r2dbc/internal/SqlServerOffsetStoreDao.scala
index bb431e4ce..b8d3d58b5 100644
--- a/akka-projection-r2dbc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/r2dbc/internal/SqlServerOffsetStoreDao.scala
+++ b/akka-projection-r2dbc/src/main/scala/akka/projection/r2dbc/internal/SqlServerOffsetStoreDao.scala
@@ -38,6 +38,18 @@ private[projection] class SqlServerOffsetStoreDao(
 
   override protected implicit def timestampCodec: TimestampCodec = SqlServerTimestampCodec
 
+  override protected def createSelectTimestampOffsetSql: String =
+    sql"""
+    SELECT TOP(@limit) projection_key, persistence_id, seq_nr, timestamp_offset
+    FROM $timestampOffsetTable WHERE slice = @slice AND projection_name = @projectionName ORDER BY timestamp_offset DESC"""
+
+  override protected def bindSelectTimestampOffsetSql(stmt: Statement, slice: Int): Statement = {
+    stmt
+      .bind("@limit", settings.offsetSliceReadLimit)
+      .bind("@slice", slice)
+      .bind("@projectionName", projectionId.name)
+  }
+
   override protected def createSelectOneTimestampOffsetSql: String =
     sql"""
     SELECT TOP(1) seq_nr, timestamp_offset