diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 84b68761..80409e64 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# 2024-10-12 (6.1.2)
+
+* Added pool_pre_ping=True to fix connection pool issues.
+
 # 2024-10-01 (6.1.1)
 
 * Fixed crash in `schema permissions apply` for tables that don't have a sequence in the database.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ad1f934a..99b6542f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = amsterdam-schema-tools
-version = 6.1.1
+version = 6.1.2
 url = https://github.com/amsterdam/schema-tools
 license = Mozilla Public 2.0
 author = Team Data Diensten, van het Dataplatform onder de Directie Digitale Voorzieningen (Gemeente Amsterdam)
diff --git a/src/schematools/cli.py b/src/schematools/cli.py
index 0df70da5..b3ca3174 100644
--- a/src/schematools/cli.py
+++ b/src/schematools/cli.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 
 def _get_engine(db_url: str, pg_schemas: list[str] | None = None) -> sqlalchemy.engine.Engine:
     """Initialize the SQLAlchemy engine, and report click errors."""
-    kwargs = {}
+    kwargs = {"pool_pre_ping": True}
     if pg_schemas is not None:
         csearch_path = ",".join(pg_schemas + ["public"])
         kwargs["connect_args"] = {"options": f"-csearch_path={csearch_path}"}