diff --git a/autoconnect/autoconnect-settings/src/app_state.rs b/autoconnect/autoconnect-settings/src/app_state.rs
index f36c4e3ed..c91315dc3 100644
--- a/autoconnect/autoconnect-settings/src/app_state.rs
+++ b/autoconnect/autoconnect-settings/src/app_state.rs
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ impl AppState {
             StorageType::DynamoDb => Box::new(DdbClientImpl::new(metrics.clone(), &db_settings)?),
             #[cfg(feature = "bigtable")]
             StorageType::BigTable => {
-                Box::new(BigTableClientImpl::new(metrics.clone(), &db_settings)?)
+                let client = BigTableClientImpl::new(metrics.clone(), &db_settings)?;
+                client.spawn_sweeper(Duration::from_secs(30));
+                Box::new(client)
             }
             #[cfg(all(feature = "bigtable", feature = "dynamodb"))]
             StorageType::Dual => Box::new(DualClientImpl::new(metrics.clone(), &db_settings)?),
diff --git a/autoendpoint/src/server.rs b/autoendpoint/src/server.rs
index 3be7cedbd..5c51a9f39 100644
--- a/autoendpoint/src/server.rs
+++ b/autoendpoint/src/server.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ impl Server {
             #[cfg(feature = "bigtable")]
             StorageType::BigTable => {
                 debug!("Using BigTable");
-                Box::new(BigTableClientImpl::new(metrics.clone(), &db_settings)?)
+                let client = BigTableClientImpl::new(metrics.clone(), &db_settings)?;
+                client.spawn_sweeper(Duration::from_secs(30));
+                Box::new(client)
             }
             #[cfg(all(feature = "bigtable", feature = "dual"))]
             StorageType::Dual => Box::new(DualClientImpl::new(metrics.clone(), &db_settings)?),
diff --git a/autopush-common/src/db/bigtable/bigtable_client/mod.rs b/autopush-common/src/db/bigtable/bigtable_client/mod.rs
index 86c314a1a..3c3eeec1a 100644
--- a/autopush-common/src/db/bigtable/bigtable_client/mod.rs
+++ b/autopush-common/src/db/bigtable/bigtable_client/mod.rs
@@ -305,6 +305,11 @@ impl BigTableClientImpl {
         })
     }
 
+    /// Spawn a task to periodically evict idle connections
+    pub fn spawn_sweeper(&self, interval: Duration) {
+        self.pool.spawn_sweeper(interval);
+    }
+
     /// Return a ReadRowsRequest for a given row key
     fn read_row_request(&self, row_key: &str) -> bigtable::ReadRowsRequest {
         read_row_request(&self.settings.table_name, row_key)
diff --git a/autopush-common/src/db/bigtable/pool.rs b/autopush-common/src/db/bigtable/pool.rs
index ebae53ee8..ac916e754 100644
--- a/autopush-common/src/db/bigtable/pool.rs
+++ b/autopush-common/src/db/bigtable/pool.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
-use std::time::Instant;
-use std::{fmt, sync::Arc};
+use std::{
+    fmt,
+    sync::Arc,
+    time::{Duration, Instant},
+};
 
+use actix_web::rt;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use cadence::StatsdClient;
-use deadpool::managed::{Manager, PoolConfig, Timeouts};
+use deadpool::managed::{Manager, PoolConfig, QueueMode, Timeouts};
 use grpcio::{Channel, ChannelBuilder, ChannelCredentials, EnvBuilder};
 
 use crate::db::bigtable::{bigtable_client::BigtableDb, BigTableDbSettings, BigTableError};
@@ -93,7 +97,12 @@ impl BigTablePool {
             connection.clone(),
             metrics.clone(),
         )?;
-        let mut config = PoolConfig::default();
+        let mut config = PoolConfig {
+            // Prefer LIFO to allow the sweeper task to evict least frequently
+            // used connections
+            queue_mode: QueueMode::Lifo,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
         if let Some(size) = bt_settings.database_pool_max_size {
             debug!("🏊 Setting pool max size {}", &size);
             config.max_size = size as usize;
@@ -116,6 +125,24 @@ impl BigTablePool {
             _metrics: metrics.clone(),
         })
     }
+
+    /// Spawn a task to periodically evict idle connections
+    pub fn spawn_sweeper(&self, interval: Duration) {
+        let Some(max_idle) = self.pool.manager().settings.database_pool_max_idle else {
+            return;
+        };
+        let pool = self.pool.clone();
+        rt::spawn(async move {
+            loop {
+                sweeper(&pool, max_idle);
+                rt::time::sleep(interval).await;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+fn sweeper(pool: &deadpool::managed::Pool<BigtableClientManager>, max_idle: Duration) {
+    pool.retain(|_, metrics| metrics.last_used() < max_idle);
 }
 
 /// BigTable Pool Manager. This contains everything needed to create a new connection.