diff --git a/.envs/.production/.django b/.envs/.production/.django
index f391c161b..d5e1ddf28 100644
--- a/.envs/.production/.django
+++ b/.envs/.production/.django
@@ -52,17 +52,13 @@ FETCH_DATA_TIMEOUT=10
 # Exemplo: 10 segundos
 DB_CONNECT_TIMEOUT=10
 
-# --- Opções de Pool de Conexões ---
-# (Aplicável se você estiver usando uma biblioteca de pool de conexões integrada ao Django,
-# como django-db-connection-pool, que reconheça POOL_OPTIONS.)
+# --- Opções de Pool de Conexões (django-db-connection-pool) ---
 
-# Tamanho mínimo do pool de conexões
-# Exemplo: 10 conexões
+# Tamanho do pool de conexões por worker
 DB_POOL_SIZE=10
 
 # Número máximo de conexões extras que o pool pode criar em caso de pico
-# Exemplo: 20 conexões de "overflow"
-DB_MAX_OVERFLOW=20
+DB_MAX_OVERFLOW=5
 
 # Tempo máximo (em segundos) que uma conexão pode viver antes de ser reciclada
 # Ajuda a evitar conexões "stale" ou "bad". Exemplo: 300 segundos (5 minutos)
diff --git a/config/settings/production.py b/config/settings/production.py
index 75fe9dc13..99adaea41 100755
--- a/config/settings/production.py
+++ b/config/settings/production.py
@@ -16,17 +16,15 @@
 DATABASES["default"]["ATOMIC_REQUESTS"] = True  # noqa F405
 DATABASES["default"]["CONN_MAX_AGE"] = env.int("CONN_MAX_AGE", default=0) or env.int("DJANGO_CONN_MAX_AGE", default=60)  # noqa F405
 DATABASES["default"]["CONN_HEALTH_CHECKS"] = env.bool('DJANGO_CONN_HEALTH_CHECKS', True)
-DATABASES["default"]["ENGINE"] = 'django_prometheus.db.backends.postgresql'
-# Melhoria: Usando variáveis de ambiente para OPTIONS e POOL_OPTIONS com defaults
+DATABASES["default"]["ENGINE"] = 'core.db.backends.postgresql'
 DATABASES["default"]["OPTIONS"] = {
     "connect_timeout": env.int("DB_CONNECT_TIMEOUT", default=10),
-    # Adicione outras opções de conexão aqui se necessário
 }
 DATABASES["default"]["POOL_OPTIONS"] = {
     'POOL_SIZE': env.int("DB_POOL_SIZE", default=10),
-    'MAX_OVERFLOW': env.int("DB_MAX_OVERFLOW", default=20),
+    'MAX_OVERFLOW': env.int("DB_MAX_OVERFLOW", default=5),
     'RECYCLE': env.int("DB_RECYCLE", default=300),
-    # Adicione outras opções do pool aqui se necessário
+    'PRE_PING': True,  # Validates connections before use to avoid stale/broken connections
 }
 # CACHES
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/core/db/__init__.py b/core/db/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/core/db/backends/__init__.py b/core/db/backends/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/core/db/backends/postgresql/__init__.py b/core/db/backends/postgresql/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/core/db/backends/postgresql/base.py b/core/db/backends/postgresql/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a562c9912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/db/backends/postgresql/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+"""
+Custom PostgreSQL database backend that combines:
+- Connection pooling from django-db-connection-pool (SQLAlchemy QueuePool)
+- Prometheus metrics from django-prometheus
+
+This backend inherits from both mixins so that connections are managed
+by a pool while still being tracked by Prometheus.
+"""
+
+from dj_db_conn_pool.backends.postgresql.mixins import PGDatabaseWrapperMixin
+from django_prometheus.db.backends.postgresql.base import (
+    DatabaseWrapper as PrometheusDatabaseWrapper,
+)
+
+
+class DatabaseWrapper(PGDatabaseWrapperMixin, PrometheusDatabaseWrapper):
+    """
+    PostgreSQL backend with connection pooling and Prometheus monitoring.
+
+    MRO: PGDatabaseWrapperMixin is first so its get_new_connection() manages
+    the SQLAlchemy QueuePool. When the pool needs a new connection, it calls
+    through to PrometheusDatabaseWrapper which adds metrics tracking.
+    """
+
+    pass
diff --git a/requirements/production.txt b/requirements/production.txt
index d1119b5ff..96c49b970 100644
--- a/requirements/production.txt
+++ b/requirements/production.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ gevent==24.2.1  # http://www.gevent.org/
 # ==============================================================================
 
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.9  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
+django-db-connection-pool==1.2.6  # https://github.com/altairbow/django-db-connection-pool
 
 # ==============================================================================
 # EMAIL