diff --git a/apps/openproject/values.yaml b/apps/openproject/values.yaml
index d704965..f96d768 100644
--- a/apps/openproject/values.yaml
+++ b/apps/openproject/values.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ openproject:
       existingSecret: openproject-pg-cluster-app
       secretKeys:
         userPasswordKey: password
+    options:
+      sslmode: require
 
   replicaCount: 1
 
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ extraObjects:
       instances: 2
       postgresql:
         parameters:
-          max_connections: "20"
+          max_connections: "100"
           shared_buffers: "25MB"
           effective_cache_size: "75MB"
           maintenance_work_mem: "6400kB"