diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 32b7e5221..dc3e39778 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ cache:
 services:
     - name: postgis/postgis:14-3.3-alpine
       alias: db
+      command:
+          - postgres
+          - "-c"
+          - max_connections=1000
     - name: redis
       alias: redis