diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/datasource/MySQL.java b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/datasource/MySQL.java
index 89d9fd85e..1588ac6b8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/datasource/MySQL.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/xephi/authme/datasource/MySQL.java
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ public class MySQL implements DataSource {
         config.addDataSourceProperty("prepStmtCacheSize", "250");
         config.addDataSourceProperty("prepStmtCacheSqlLimit", "2048");
         config.addDataSourceProperty("autoReconnect", true);
-        config.setMaxLifetime(12000);
+        config.setMaxLifetime(30000);
         config.setInitializationFailFast(false);
         ds = new HikariDataSource(config);
         ConsoleLogger.info("Connection pool ready");