diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application-prod.properties b/backend/src/main/resources/application-prod.properties
index aad6ec0bd0..ee86123d4e 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/application-prod.properties
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application-prod.properties
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ hibernate.connection.username=user
 hibernate.connection.password=pwd
 hibernate.multi-tenancy=SCHEMA
 # hikari
-hibernate.hikari.maximumPoolSize=10
+hibernate.hikari.maximumPoolSize=5
 
 
 # TENANT Configuration
diff --git a/backend/src/main/resources/application-staging.properties b/backend/src/main/resources/application-staging.properties
index fe0d5c9f96..1e55c8a958 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/resources/application-staging.properties
+++ b/backend/src/main/resources/application-staging.properties
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ hibernate.connection.username=user
 hibernate.connection.password=pwd
 hibernate.multi-tenancy=SCHEMA
 # hikari
-hibernate.hikari.maximumPoolSize=3
+hibernate.hikari.maximumPoolSize=2
 
 
 # TENANT Configuration