diff --git a/infra/container_apps/user-group-ms/env/uat-pnpg/terraform.tfvars b/infra/container_apps/user-group-ms/env/uat-pnpg/terraform.tfvars
index 6fc2c68d..50a03a22 100644
--- a/infra/container_apps/user-group-ms/env/uat-pnpg/terraform.tfvars
+++ b/infra/container_apps/user-group-ms/env/uat-pnpg/terraform.tfvars
@@ -43,3 +43,7 @@ secrets_names = {
   "MONGODB_CONNECTION_URI"                = "mongodb-connection-string"
   "JWT_TOKEN_PUBLIC_KEY"                  = "jwt-public-key"
 }
+
+autoscale_settings = [{
+  max_throughput = 1000
+}]
diff --git a/infra/container_apps/user-group-ms/mongo_db.tf b/infra/container_apps/user-group-ms/mongo_db.tf
index 8a7f93f9..957e31ed 100644
--- a/infra/container_apps/user-group-ms/mongo_db.tf
+++ b/infra/container_apps/user-group-ms/mongo_db.tf
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ resource "azurerm_cosmosdb_mongo_database" "selc_user_group" {
   name                = "selcUserGroup"
   resource_group_name = local.mongo_db.mongodb_rg_name
   account_name        = local.mongo_db.cosmosdb_account_mongodb_name
+
+  dynamic "autoscale_settings" {
+    for_each = var.autoscale_settings
+    content {
+      max_throughput = autoscale_settings.value.max_throughput
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 resource "azurerm_management_lock" "mongodb_selc_user_group" {
diff --git a/infra/container_apps/user-group-ms/variables.tf b/infra/container_apps/user-group-ms/variables.tf
index ee081bc6..a964fc1b 100644
--- a/infra/container_apps/user-group-ms/variables.tf
+++ b/infra/container_apps/user-group-ms/variables.tf
@@ -73,3 +73,11 @@ variable "suffix_increment" {
   description = "Suffix increment Container App Environment name"
   default     = ""
 }
+
+variable "autoscale_settings" {
+  type = list(object({
+    max_throughput = number
+  }))
+  description = "MongoDB autoscale settings"
+  default = []
+}