diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-stg.yml b/src/main/resources/application-stg.yml
index 6a3727414..3776071a6 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application-stg.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application-stg.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 ff:
   user-metrics: true
 
+spring:
+  datasource:
+    hikari:
+      maximum-pool-size: 1
+
 # todo: re-enable this once inside of k8s cluster
 # logging:
 #   structured: