diff --git a/analysis_options.yaml b/analysis_options.yaml
index 3011fa5..e582582 100644
--- a/analysis_options.yaml
+++ b/analysis_options.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ analyzer:
     unused_import: error
     unused_local_variable: error
     dead_code: error
+    deprecated_member_use_from_same_package: ignore
 
 linter:
   rules:
diff --git a/lib/src/buffer.dart b/lib/src/buffer.dart
index a776b11..376324c 100644
--- a/lib/src/buffer.dart
+++ b/lib/src/buffer.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import 'dart:convert';
 
 import 'package:buffer/buffer.dart';
+import 'package:postgres/src/types/type_codec.dart';
 
 /// This class doesn't add much over using `List<int>` instead, however,
 /// it creates a nice explicit type difference from both `String` and `List<int>`,
@@ -42,17 +43,19 @@ class PgByteDataWriter extends ByteDataWriter {
 const _emptyString = '';
 
 class PgByteDataReader extends ByteDataReader {
-  final Encoding encoding;
+  final TypeCodecContext typeCodecContext;
 
   PgByteDataReader({
-    required this.encoding,
+    required this.typeCodecContext,
   });
 
+  Encoding get encoding => typeCodecContext.encoding;
+
   String readNullTerminatedString() {
     final bytes = readUntilTerminatingByte(0);
     if (bytes.isEmpty) {
       return _emptyString;
     }
-    return encoding.decode(bytes);
+    return typeCodecContext.encoding.decode(bytes);
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/message_window.dart b/lib/src/message_window.dart
index 0c96f23..5165b6e 100644
--- a/lib/src/message_window.dart
+++ b/lib/src/message_window.dart
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import 'dart:collection';
-import 'dart:convert';
 import 'dart:typed_data';
 
 import 'package:buffer/buffer.dart';
 import 'package:charcode/ascii.dart';
+import 'package:postgres/src/types/type_codec.dart';
 
 import 'buffer.dart';
 import 'messages/server_messages.dart';
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ Map<int, _ServerMessageFn> _messageTypeMap = {
 };
 
 class MessageFramer {
-  final Encoding _encoding;
-  late final _reader = PgByteDataReader(encoding: _encoding);
+  final TypeCodecContext _typeCodecContext;
+  late final _reader = PgByteDataReader(typeCodecContext: _typeCodecContext);
   final messageQueue = Queue<ServerMessage>();
 
-  MessageFramer(this._encoding);
+  MessageFramer(this._typeCodecContext);
 
   int? _type;
   int _expectedLength = 0;
@@ -116,7 +116,11 @@ ServerMessage _parseCopyDataMessage(PgByteDataReader reader, int length) {
   if (code == ReplicationMessageId.primaryKeepAlive) {
     return PrimaryKeepAliveMessage.parse(reader);
   } else if (code == ReplicationMessageId.xLogData) {
-    return XLogDataMessage.parse(reader.read(length - 1), reader.encoding);
+    return XLogDataMessage.parse(
+      reader.read(length - 1),
+      reader.encoding,
+      typeCodecContext: reader.typeCodecContext,
+    );
   } else {
     final bb = BytesBuffer();
     bb.addByte(code);
diff --git a/lib/src/messages/server_messages.dart b/lib/src/messages/server_messages.dart
index 77edda7..e70ca0f 100644
--- a/lib/src/messages/server_messages.dart
+++ b/lib/src/messages/server_messages.dart
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import 'dart:convert';
 import 'dart:typed_data';
 
 import 'package:meta/meta.dart';
+import 'package:postgres/src/types/type_codec.dart';
 
 import '../buffer.dart';
 import '../time_converters.dart';
@@ -366,8 +367,19 @@ class XLogDataMessage implements ReplicationMessage, ServerMessage {
   /// If [XLogDataMessage.data] is a [LogicalReplicationMessage], then the method
   /// will return a [XLogDataLogicalMessage] with that message. Otherwise, it'll
   /// return [XLogDataMessage] with raw data.
-  static XLogDataMessage parse(Uint8List bytes, Encoding encoding) {
-    final reader = PgByteDataReader(encoding: encoding)..add(bytes);
+  ///
+  @Deprecated(
+      'It is likely that this method signature will change or will be removed in '
+      'an upcoming release. Please file a new issue on GitHub if you are using it.')
+  static XLogDataMessage parse(
+    Uint8List bytes,
+    Encoding encoding, {
+    TypeCodecContext? typeCodecContext,
+  }) {
+    final reader = PgByteDataReader(
+        typeCodecContext: typeCodecContext ??
+            TypeCodecContext.withDefaults(encoding: encoding))
+      ..add(bytes);
     final walStart = LSN(reader.readUint64());
     final walEnd = LSN(reader.readUint64());
     final time = dateTimeFromMicrosecondsSinceY2k(reader.readUint64());
diff --git a/lib/src/types/type_codec.dart b/lib/src/types/type_codec.dart
index 5786500..9c728fa 100644
--- a/lib/src/types/type_codec.dart
+++ b/lib/src/types/type_codec.dart
@@ -104,8 +104,22 @@ class TypeCodecContext {
     required this.typeRegistry,
   });
 
+  factory TypeCodecContext.withDefaults({
+    Encoding? encoding,
+    RelationTracker? relationTracker,
+    RuntimeParameters? runtimeParameters,
+    TypeRegistry? typeRegistry,
+  }) {
+    return TypeCodecContext(
+      encoding: encoding ?? utf8,
+      relationTracker: relationTracker ?? RelationTracker(),
+      runtimeParameters: runtimeParameters ?? RuntimeParameters(),
+      typeRegistry: typeRegistry ?? TypeRegistry(),
+    );
+  }
+
   PgByteDataReader newPgByteDataReader([Uint8List? bytes]) {
-    final reader = PgByteDataReader(encoding: encoding);
+    final reader = PgByteDataReader(typeCodecContext: this);
     if (bytes != null) {
       reader.add(bytes);
     }
diff --git a/lib/src/v3/connection.dart b/lib/src/v3/connection.dart
index 97e4d38..26dcb7e 100644
--- a/lib/src/v3/connection.dart
+++ b/lib/src/v3/connection.dart
@@ -200,7 +200,18 @@ class PgConnectionImplementation extends _PgSessionBase implements Connection {
     final settings = connectionSettings is ResolvedConnectionSettings
         ? connectionSettings
         : ResolvedConnectionSettings(connectionSettings, null);
-    var (channel, secure) = await _connect(endpoint, settings);
+    final typeCodecContext = TypeCodecContext(
+      encoding: settings.encoding,
+      // TODO: share this between pooled connections
+      relationTracker: RelationTracker(),
+      runtimeParameters: RuntimeParameters(),
+      typeRegistry: settings.typeRegistry,
+    );
+    var (channel, secure) = await _connect(
+      endpoint,
+      settings,
+      typeCodecContext: typeCodecContext,
+    );
 
     if (_debugLog) {
       channel = channel.transform(StreamChannelTransformer(
@@ -226,9 +237,8 @@ class PgConnectionImplementation extends _PgSessionBase implements Connection {
       settings,
       channel,
       secure,
-      // TODO: share this between pooled connections
-      relationTracker: RelationTracker(),
-      runtimeParameters: RuntimeParameters(),
+      relationTracker: typeCodecContext.relationTracker,
+      runtimeParameters: typeCodecContext.runtimeParameters,
     );
     await connection._startup();
     if (connection._settings.onOpen != null) {
@@ -239,8 +249,9 @@ class PgConnectionImplementation extends _PgSessionBase implements Connection {
 
   static Future<(StreamChannel<Message>, bool)> _connect(
     Endpoint endpoint,
-    ResolvedConnectionSettings settings,
-  ) async {
+    ResolvedConnectionSettings settings, {
+    required TypeCodecContext typeCodecContext,
+  }) async {
     final host = endpoint.host;
     final port = endpoint.port;
 
@@ -331,7 +342,7 @@ class PgConnectionImplementation extends _PgSessionBase implements Connection {
 
     return (
       StreamChannel<List<int>>(adaptedStream, outgoingSocket)
-          .transform(messageTransformer(settings.encoding)),
+          .transform(messageTransformer(typeCodecContext)),
       secure,
     );
   }
diff --git a/lib/src/v3/protocol.dart b/lib/src/v3/protocol.dart
index e436ed7..49e0329 100644
--- a/lib/src/v3/protocol.dart
+++ b/lib/src/v3/protocol.dart
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import 'dart:async';
-import 'dart:convert';
 import 'dart:typed_data';
 
 import 'package:async/async.dart';
+import 'package:postgres/src/types/type_codec.dart';
 import 'package:stream_channel/stream_channel.dart';
 
 import '../buffer.dart';
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ class AggregatedClientMessage extends ClientMessage {
 }
 
 StreamChannelTransformer<Message, List<int>> messageTransformer(
-    Encoding encoding) {
+    TypeCodecContext typeCodecContext) {
   return StreamChannelTransformer(
-    _readMessages(encoding),
+    _readMessages(typeCodecContext),
     StreamSinkTransformer.fromHandlers(
       handleData: (message, out) {
         if (message is! ClientMessage) {
@@ -47,16 +47,17 @@ StreamChannelTransformer<Message, List<int>> messageTransformer(
           return;
         }
 
-        out.add(message.asBytes(encoding: encoding));
+        out.add(message.asBytes(encoding: typeCodecContext.encoding));
       },
     ),
   );
 }
 
-StreamTransformer<Uint8List, ServerMessage> _readMessages(Encoding encoding) {
+StreamTransformer<Uint8List, ServerMessage> _readMessages(
+    TypeCodecContext typeCodecContext) {
   return StreamTransformer.fromBind((rawStream) {
     return Stream.multi((listener) {
-      final framer = MessageFramer(encoding);
+      final framer = MessageFramer(typeCodecContext);
 
       var paused = false;
 
diff --git a/test/framer_test.dart b/test/framer_test.dart
index cc40010..0eba460 100644
--- a/test/framer_test.dart
+++ b/test/framer_test.dart
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import 'dart:convert';
 import 'dart:typed_data';
 
 import 'package:buffer/buffer.dart';
@@ -6,12 +5,13 @@ import 'package:postgres/src/message_window.dart';
 import 'package:postgres/src/messages/logical_replication_messages.dart';
 import 'package:postgres/src/messages/server_messages.dart';
 import 'package:postgres/src/messages/shared_messages.dart';
+import 'package:postgres/src/types/type_codec.dart';
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
 
 void main() {
   late MessageFramer framer;
   setUp(() {
-    framer = MessageFramer(utf8);
+    framer = MessageFramer(TypeCodecContext.withDefaults());
   });
 
   tearDown(() {