diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Fixtures.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/Fixtures.pm
index 574ec3a..c0df026 100644
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Fixtures.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Fixtures.pm
@@ -1402,8 +1402,12 @@ sub populate {
              $self->msg("- updating sequence $sequence");
             $rs->result_source->storage->dbh_do(sub {
               my ($storage, $dbh, @cols) = @_;
-              $self->msg(my $sql = "SELECT setval('${sequence}', (SELECT max($column) FROM ${table}));");
+              $self->msg(
+			 my $sql = sprintf("SELECT setval(?, (SELECT max(%s) FROM %s));",$dbh->quote_identifier($column),$dbh->quote_identifier($table))
+		       );
               my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql);
+                 $sth->bind_param(1,$sequence);
+
               my $rv = $sth->execute or die $sth->errstr;
               $self->msg("- $sql");
             });