diff --git a/internal/database/cockroach/crdb.go b/internal/database/cockroach/crdb.go
index 487db73e47..47fd7b3fce 100644
--- a/internal/database/cockroach/crdb.go
+++ b/internal/database/cockroach/crdb.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (c *Config) Connect(useAdmin bool, pusherRatio, spoolerRatio float64, purpo
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	client.SetMaxOpenConns(int(connConfig.MaxIdleConns))
+	client.SetMaxOpenConns(int(connConfig.MaxOpenConns))
 	client.SetMaxIdleConns(int(connConfig.MaxIdleConns))
 	client.SetConnMaxLifetime(c.MaxConnLifetime)
 	client.SetConnMaxIdleTime(c.MaxConnIdleTime)
diff --git a/internal/database/postgres/pg.go b/internal/database/postgres/pg.go
index 008f399ea1..6bf1bbd203 100644
--- a/internal/database/postgres/pg.go
+++ b/internal/database/postgres/pg.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (c *Config) Connect(useAdmin bool, pusherRatio, spoolerRatio float64, purpo
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	client.SetMaxOpenConns(int(connConfig.MaxIdleConns))
+	client.SetMaxOpenConns(int(connConfig.MaxOpenConns))
 	client.SetMaxIdleConns(int(connConfig.MaxIdleConns))
 	client.SetConnMaxLifetime(c.MaxConnLifetime)
 	client.SetConnMaxIdleTime(c.MaxConnIdleTime)