diff --git a/helm-chart/eoapi/values.yaml b/helm-chart/eoapi/values.yaml
index b9777ae3..315c3204 100644
--- a/helm-chart/eoapi/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/eoapi/values.yaml
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ stac:
       PORT: "8080"
       # https://www.uvicorn.org/settings/#production
       WEB_CONCURRENCY: "5"
+      DB_MIN_CONN_SIZE: "1"
 
 vector:
   enabled: true