diff --git a/test/acceptance/user-database-timeout-limit.js b/test/acceptance/user-database-timeout-limit.js
index 3448ebfc..660c07c0 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/user-database-timeout-limit.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/user-database-timeout-limit.js
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ const DATASOURCE_TIMEOUT_ERROR = {
     }]
 };
 
-describe('user database timeout limit', function () {
+describe.only('user database timeout limit', function () {
     describe('dataview', function () {
         beforeEach(function (done) {
             const mapconfig = createMapConfig();
diff --git a/test/support/test-client.js b/test/support/test-client.js
index 8801b4a1..a7237e00 100644
--- a/test/support/test-client.js
+++ b/test/support/test-client.js
@@ -1275,6 +1275,11 @@ TestClient.prototype.setUserDatabaseTimeoutLimit = function (timeoutLimit, callb
     });
 
     step(
+        // we need to guarantee all new connections have the new settings
+        function beforeRefreshPoolConnection () {
+            const next = this;
+            psql.end(() => next());
+        },
         function configureTimeouts () {
             const timeoutSQLs = [
                 `ALTER ROLE "${publicuser}" SET STATEMENT_TIMEOUT TO ${timeoutLimit}`,