diff --git a/grpc-ingest/src/config.rs b/grpc-ingest/src/config.rs
index 23e31387e..64ef42953 100644
--- a/grpc-ingest/src/config.rs
+++ b/grpc-ingest/src/config.rs
@@ -243,6 +243,16 @@ pub struct ConfigIngesterPostgres {
         deserialize_with = "deserialize_usize_str"
     )]
     pub max_connections: usize,
+    #[serde(
+        default = "ConfigIngesterPostgres::default_idle_timeout",
+        deserialize_with = "deserialize_duration_str"
+    )]
+    pub idle_timeout: Duration,
+    #[serde(
+        default = "ConfigIngesterPostgres::default_max_lifetime",
+        deserialize_with = "deserialize_duration_str"
+    )]
+    pub max_lifetime: Duration,
 }
 
 impl ConfigIngesterPostgres {
@@ -253,6 +263,14 @@ impl ConfigIngesterPostgres {
     pub const fn default_max_connections() -> usize {
         50
     }
+
+    pub const fn default_idle_timeout() -> Duration {
+        Duration::from_millis(75)
+    }
+
+    pub const fn default_max_lifetime() -> Duration {
+        Duration::from_millis(125)
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, Deserialize)]
diff --git a/grpc-ingest/src/postgres.rs b/grpc-ingest/src/postgres.rs
index 07e0ff929..1077bc49b 100644
--- a/grpc-ingest/src/postgres.rs
+++ b/grpc-ingest/src/postgres.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ pub async fn create_pool(config: ConfigIngesterPostgres) -> anyhow::Result<PgPoo
     PgPoolOptions::new()
         .min_connections(config.min_connections.try_into()?)
         .max_connections(config.max_connections.try_into()?)
+        .idle_timeout(config.idle_timeout)
+        .max_lifetime(config.max_lifetime)
         .connect_with(options)
         .await
         .map_err(Into::into)