diff --git a/backend/app/settings.py b/backend/app/settings.py
index 6ee56eea37..eb2fe7bc99 100644
--- a/backend/app/settings.py
+++ b/backend/app/settings.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class ProdConfig(Config):
         os.getenv("SQLALCHEMY_CONNECTION_POOL_SIZE", 10)
     )
     SQLALCHEMY_CONNECTION_POOL_MAX_OVERFLOW = int(
-        os.getenv("SQLALCHEMY_CONNECTION_POOL_MAX_OVERFLOW", 100)
+        os.getenv("SQLALCHEMY_CONNECTION_POOL_MAX_OVERFLOW", 0)
     )
     SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI = os.getenv("DB_URI")
     SQLALCHEMY_ENGINE_OPTIONS = {
diff --git a/backend/v2/core/dependencies.py b/backend/v2/core/dependencies.py
index bb75678685..d45a2cbc9e 100644
--- a/backend/v2/core/dependencies.py
+++ b/backend/v2/core/dependencies.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class DatabaseSettings(OctantSettings):
     db_uri: str = Field(..., alias="db_uri")
 
     pg_pool_size: int = Field(10, alias="sqlalchemy_connection_pool_size")
-    pg_max_overflow: int = Field(30, alias="sqlalchemy_connection_pool_max_overflow")
+    pg_max_overflow: int = Field(0, alias="sqlalchemy_connection_pool_max_overflow")
     pg_pool_timeout: int = 60
     pg_pool_recycle: int = 30 * 60  # 30 minutes
     pg_pool_pre_ping: bool = True