diff --git a/apps/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties b/apps/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
index cbebd0121..c0d118d3f 100644
--- a/apps/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/apps/backend/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ spring.datasource.username=${BACKEND_DB_USERNAME}
 spring.datasource.password=${BACKEND_DB_PASSWORD}
 spring.datasource.hikari.minimum-idle=1
 spring.datasource.hikari.maximum-pool-size=2
+spring.datasource.hikari.idle-timeout=300000
+spring.datasource.hikari.max-lifetime=540000
 #spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
 #spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.jdbc.lob.non_contextual_creation=true
 spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=none