diff --git a/dpppt-backend-sdk/dpppt-backend-sdk-interops/pom.xml b/dpppt-backend-sdk/dpppt-backend-sdk-interops/pom.xml
index cf933d53..66188f02 100644
--- a/dpppt-backend-sdk/dpppt-backend-sdk-interops/pom.xml
+++ b/dpppt-backend-sdk/dpppt-backend-sdk-interops/pom.xml
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@
       <artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-cloud-connectors</artifactId>
+      <version>${spring-cloud-connectors-version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
     <!--	Springboot configuration processor	-->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/dpppt-backend-sdk/dpppt-backend-sdk-interops/src/main/java/org/dpppt/backend/sdk/interops/config/WSCloudBaseConfig.java b/dpppt-backend-sdk/dpppt-backend-sdk-interops/src/main/java/org/dpppt/backend/sdk/interops/config/WSCloudBaseConfig.java
index 69f3b647..4e813de7 100644
--- a/dpppt-backend-sdk/dpppt-backend-sdk-interops/src/main/java/org/dpppt/backend/sdk/interops/config/WSCloudBaseConfig.java
+++ b/dpppt-backend-sdk/dpppt-backend-sdk-interops/src/main/java/org/dpppt/backend/sdk/interops/config/WSCloudBaseConfig.java
@@ -10,21 +10,40 @@
 
 package org.dpppt.backend.sdk.interops.config;
 
+import java.util.Map;
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 import org.flywaydb.core.Flyway;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.cloud.CloudFactory;
+import org.springframework.cloud.service.PooledServiceConnectorConfig.PoolConfig;
+import org.springframework.cloud.service.relational.DataSourceConfig;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Lazy;
 
 @Configuration
 public abstract class WSCloudBaseConfig extends WSBaseConfig {
 
-  @Autowired @Lazy private DataSource dataSource;
+  @Value("${datasource.maximumPoolSize:5}")
+  int dataSourceMaximumPoolSize;
 
+  @Value("${datasource.connectionTimeout:30000}")
+  int dataSourceConnectionTimeout;
+
+  @Value("${datasource.leakDetectionThreshold:0}")
+  int dataSourceLeakDetectionThreshold;
+
+  @Bean
   @Override
   public DataSource dataSource() {
-    return dataSource;
+    PoolConfig poolConfig = new PoolConfig(dataSourceMaximumPoolSize, dataSourceConnectionTimeout);
+    DataSourceConfig dbConfig =
+        new DataSourceConfig(
+            poolConfig,
+            null,
+            null,
+            Map.of("leakDetectionThreshold", dataSourceLeakDetectionThreshold));
+    CloudFactory factory = new CloudFactory();
+    return factory.getCloud().getSingletonServiceConnector(DataSource.class, dbConfig);
   }
 
   @Bean
diff --git a/dpppt-backend-sdk/dpppt-backend-sdk-ws/pom.xml b/dpppt-backend-sdk/dpppt-backend-sdk-ws/pom.xml
index 576be64d..3562cf66 100644
--- a/dpppt-backend-sdk/dpppt-backend-sdk-ws/pom.xml
+++ b/dpppt-backend-sdk/dpppt-backend-sdk-ws/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-cloud-connectors</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.7.RELEASE</version>
+			<version>${spring-cloud-connectors-version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/dpppt-backend-sdk/pom.xml b/dpppt-backend-sdk/pom.xml
index 839d2cbb..b472dd9d 100644
--- a/dpppt-backend-sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/dpppt-backend-sdk/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 		<protobuf-java-version>3.12.1</protobuf-java-version>
 		<spring-boot-version>2.4.5</spring-boot-version>
 		<testcontainers-version>1.15.2</testcontainers-version>
+		<spring-cloud-connectors-version>2.0.7.RELEASE</spring-cloud-connectors-version>
 
 		<itCoverageAgent></itCoverageAgent>