diff --git a/kvdb/postgres/fixture.go b/kvdb/postgres/fixture.go
index 26d95c33d..449ba8de6 100644
--- a/kvdb/postgres/fixture.go
+++ b/kvdb/postgres/fixture.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func getTestDsn(dbName string) string {
 
 var testPostgres *embeddedpostgres.EmbeddedPostgres
 
-const testMaxConnections = 50
+const testMaxConnections = 200
 
 // StartEmbeddedPostgres starts an embedded postgres instance. This only needs
 // to be done once, because NewFixture will create random new databases on every
@@ -37,7 +37,15 @@ func StartEmbeddedPostgres() (func() error, error) {
 
 	postgres := embeddedpostgres.NewDatabase(
 		embeddedpostgres.DefaultConfig().
-			Port(9876))
+			Port(9876).
+			StartParameters(
+				map[string]string{
+					"max_connections": fmt.Sprintf(
+						"%d", testMaxConnections,
+					),
+				},
+			),
+	)
 
 	err := postgres.Start()
 	if err != nil {