diff --git a/java/pgjdbc/src/main/java/software/amazon/dsql/examples/ExamplePreferred.java b/java/pgjdbc/src/main/java/software/amazon/dsql/examples/ExamplePreferred.java
index cb86e348..7e91c0fc 100644
--- a/java/pgjdbc/src/main/java/software/amazon/dsql/examples/ExamplePreferred.java
+++ b/java/pgjdbc/src/main/java/software/amazon/dsql/examples/ExamplePreferred.java
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ private HikariDataSource initializeConnectionPool(String endpoint, String userna
         config.setMaximumPoolSize(20);                    // Production pool size
         config.setMinimumIdle(5);                         // Keep connections ready
         config.setConnectionTimeout(30000);               // 30 seconds
-        config.setIdleTimeout(300000);                    // 5 minutes (shorter than token expiry)
-        config.setMaxLifetime(600000);                    // 10 minutes (shorter than token expiry)
+        config.setIdleTimeout(600000);                    // 10 minutes
+        config.setMaxLifetime(3300000);                   // 55 minutes (connector handles token refresh)
         config.setLeakDetectionThreshold(60000);          // 60 seconds
 
         // Connection validation
diff --git a/java/spring_boot/src/main/resources/application.yml b/java/spring_boot/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 7cfb01d8..db88505a 100644
--- a/java/spring_boot/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/java/spring_boot/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ spring:
     username: ${cluster.user}
     driver-class-name: software.amazon.dsql.jdbc.DSQLConnector
     hikari:
-      max-lifetime: 1800000        # 30 minutes (shorter than Aurora DSQL's 60-minute limit)
+      max-lifetime: 3300000        # 55 minutes (connector handles token refresh)
       minimum-idle: 2
       maximum-pool-size: 10
-      idle-timeout: 300000         # 5 minutes
+      idle-timeout: 600000         # 10 minutes
       connection-timeout: 30000    # 30 seconds
       validation-timeout: 5000     # 5 seconds
       connection-test-query: "SELECT 1"
diff --git a/typescript/type-orm/src/data-source.ts b/typescript/type-orm/src/data-source.ts
index 7f99d116..1f9e79c2 100644
--- a/typescript/type-orm/src/data-source.ts
+++ b/typescript/type-orm/src/data-source.ts
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ const getDataSource = async () => {
       extra: {
         min: 0,
         max: 5,                      
-        idleTimeoutMillis: 10000,     
+        idleTimeoutMillis: 600000,     // 10 minutes
         connectionTimeoutMillis: 30000,   
-        maxLifetimeSeconds: 2700,  // 45 min
+        maxLifetimeSeconds: 3300,  // 55 minutes (connector handles token refresh)
       },
     });