diff --git a/wallet/wallet-app/src/main/resources/application.yml b/wallet/wallet-app/src/main/resources/application.yml
index cdf93e5c1..39797d6ad 100644
--- a/wallet/wallet-app/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/wallet/wallet-app/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ spring:
     username: ${dbusername:opex}
     password: ${dbpassword:hiopex}
     initialization-mode: always
+    pool:
+      enabled: true
+      initial-size: 5
+      max-size: 20
+      max-idle-time: 60s
+      validation-query: SELECT 1
   cache:
     type: redis
   redis: