diff --git a/integrations/schemas/ort-configuration-schema.json b/integrations/schemas/ort-configuration-schema.json
index ef003e059d821..aeca317b5b835 100644
--- a/integrations/schemas/ort-configuration-schema.json
+++ b/integrations/schemas/ort-configuration-schema.json
@@ -384,6 +384,24 @@
                 },
                 "parallelTransactions": {
                     "type": "integer"
+                },
+                "connectionTimeout": {
+                    "type": "integer"
+                },
+                "idleTimeout": {
+                    "type": "integer"
+                },
+                "keepaliveTime": {
+                    "type": "integer"
+                },
+                "maxLifetime": {
+                    "type": "integer"
+                },
+                "maximumPoolSize": {
+                    "type": "integer"
+                },
+                "minimumIdle": {
+                    "type": "integer"
                 }
             },
             "required": [
diff --git a/model/src/main/kotlin/config/PostgresConnection.kt b/model/src/main/kotlin/config/PostgresConnection.kt
index 54d8bc6fd6d91..29f78fa87eb0d 100644
--- a/model/src/main/kotlin/config/PostgresConnection.kt
+++ b/model/src/main/kotlin/config/PostgresConnection.kt
@@ -75,7 +75,45 @@ data class PostgresConnection(
     /**
      * The number of parallel transactions to use for the storage dispatcher.
      */
-    val parallelTransactions: Int = 5
+    val parallelTransactions: Int = 5,
+
+    /**
+     * The maximum number of milliseconds to wait for connections from the pool. For details see the
+     * [Hikari documentation](https://github.com/brettwooldridge/HikariCP#frequently-used).
+     */
+    val connectionTimeout: Long?,
+
+    /**
+     * The maximum number of milliseconds a connection is allowed to sit idle in the pool. This requires that
+     * [minimumIdle] is set to a value lower than [maximumPoolSize]. For details see the
+     * [Hikari documentation](https://github.com/brettwooldridge/HikariCP#frequently-used).
+     */
+    val idleTimeout: Long?,
+
+    /**
+     * The frequency in milliseconds that the pool will attempt to keep an idle connection alive. Must be set to a value
+     * lower than [maxLifetime]. For details see the
+     * [Hikari documentation](https://github.com/brettwooldridge/HikariCP#frequently-used).
+     */
+    val keepaliveTime: Long?,
+
+    /**
+     * The maximum lifetime of a connection in milliseconds. For details see the
+     * [Hikari documentation](https://github.com/brettwooldridge/HikariCP#frequently-used).
+     */
+    val maxLifetime: Long?,
+
+    /**
+     * The maximum size of the connection pool. For details see the
+     * [Hikari documentation](https://github.com/brettwooldridge/HikariCP#frequently-used).
+     */
+    val maximumPoolSize: Int?,
+
+    /**
+     * The minimum number of idle connections that the pool tries to maintain. For details see the
+     * [Hikari documentation](https://github.com/brettwooldridge/HikariCP#frequently-used).
+     */
+    val minimumIdle: Int?
 
     /**
      * TODO: Make additional parameters configurable, see:
diff --git a/model/src/main/kotlin/utils/DatabaseUtils.kt b/model/src/main/kotlin/utils/DatabaseUtils.kt
index 9c74fb11a9933..508496fa4ad35 100644
--- a/model/src/main/kotlin/utils/DatabaseUtils.kt
+++ b/model/src/main/kotlin/utils/DatabaseUtils.kt
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ object DatabaseUtils {
                 schema = config.schema
                 maximumPoolSize = maxPoolSize
 
+                connectionTimeout = config.connectionTimeout ?: connectionTimeout
+                idleTimeout = config.idleTimeout ?: idleTimeout
+                keepaliveTime = config.keepaliveTime ?: keepaliveTime
+                maxLifetime = config.maxLifetime ?: maxLifetime
+                maximumPoolSize = config.maximumPoolSize ?: maximumPoolSize
+                minimumIdle = config.minimumIdle ?: minimumIdle
+
                 val suffix = " - $applicationNameSuffix".takeIf { applicationNameSuffix.isNotEmpty() }.orEmpty()
                 addDataSourceProperty("ApplicationName", "$ORT_FULL_NAME$suffix")