diff --git a/manifest.yml.j2 b/manifest.yml.j2
index 09c0a5551..80d46db8d 100644
--- a/manifest.yml.j2
+++ b/manifest.yml.j2
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   'notify-api': {
     'NOTIFY_APP_NAME': 'api',
     'disk_quota': '2G',
-    'sqlalchemy_pool_size': 30,
+    'sqlalchemy_pool_size': 15,
     'additional_env_vars': {
       'STATSD_HOST': None
     },