diff --git a/scripts/cron.py b/scripts/cron.py
index fab085078..35c3fb3be 100755
--- a/scripts/cron.py
+++ b/scripts/cron.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 from django.core.management import call_command
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import connections
 
 import requests
 from apscheduler.schedulers.blocking import BlockingScheduler
@@ -64,6 +65,9 @@ def job_update_product_details():
     call_command('update_product_details')
     create_countries()
     create_locales()
+    # Django won't close db connections after call_command. Close them manually
+    # to prevent errors in case the DB goes away, e.g. during a failover event.
+    connections.close_all()
 
 
 def run():