diff --git a/kustomize/components/clair/postgres.deployment.yaml b/kustomize/components/clair/postgres.deployment.yaml
index 171cc8866..dc42665c6 100644
--- a/kustomize/components/clair/postgres.deployment.yaml
+++ b/kustomize/components/clair/postgres.deployment.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ spec:
               value: postgres
             - name: POSTGRESQL_ADMIN_PASSWORD
               value: postgres
+            - name: POSTGRESQL_MAX_CONNECTIONS
+              value: "1000"
           volumeMounts:
             - name: postgres-data
               mountPath: /var/lib/pgsql/data