diff --git a/sql/tags.sql b/sql/tags.sql
index fb5bc9d2..e75e225d 100644
--- a/sql/tags.sql
+++ b/sql/tags.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CREATE LANGUAGE plpythonu;
+CREATE OR REPLACE LANGUAGE plpython3u;
 
 CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION unpickle (data text)
   RETURNS text[]
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ AS $$
     import pickle
 
     return pickle.loads(base64.b64decode(data))
-$$ LANGUAGE plpythonu IMMUTABLE;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpython3u IMMUTABLE;
 
+DROP INDEX IF EXISTS issues_unpickle_tags_index;
 CREATE INDEX issues_unpickle_tags_index ON issues_issue USING btree (unpickle(tags));