diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-plugins/mysqlPlugin/src/main/java/com/external/plugins/MySqlPlugin.java b/app/server/appsmith-plugins/mysqlPlugin/src/main/java/com/external/plugins/MySqlPlugin.java
index cd89ea81992e..4a91ab1ac90f 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-plugins/mysqlPlugin/src/main/java/com/external/plugins/MySqlPlugin.java
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-plugins/mysqlPlugin/src/main/java/com/external/plugins/MySqlPlugin.java
@@ -692,12 +692,11 @@ public void datasourceDestroy(ConnectionContext<ConnectionPool> connectionContex
                                  */
                                 sshTunnelContext.getServerSocket().close();
                                 sshTunnelContext.getSshClient().disconnect();
-                                sshTunnelContext.getThread().stop();
+                                sshTunnelContext.getThread().interrupt(); // Gracefully interrupt the thread
                             } catch (IOException e) {
                                 log.error("Failed to destroy SSH tunnel context: " + e.getMessage());
                             }
                         }
-
                         return Mono.empty();
                     })
                     .subscribeOn(scheduler)
diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-plugins/mysqlPlugin/src/main/java/com/external/utils/MySqlDatasourceUtils.java b/app/server/appsmith-plugins/mysqlPlugin/src/main/java/com/external/utils/MySqlDatasourceUtils.java
index ae001730f3a3..a9921eab4cab 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-plugins/mysqlPlugin/src/main/java/com/external/utils/MySqlDatasourceUtils.java
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-plugins/mysqlPlugin/src/main/java/com/external/utils/MySqlDatasourceUtils.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 public class MySqlDatasourceUtils {
 
-    public static int MAX_CONNECTION_POOL_SIZE = 5;
+    public static int MAX_CONNECTION_POOL_SIZE = 20;
 
     /**
      * 1 sec is the recommended value as shown in the example here:
diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/test/java/com/appsmith/server/connectionpoolconfig/configurations/ConnectionPoolConfigCETest.java b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/test/java/com/appsmith/server/connectionpoolconfig/configurations/ConnectionPoolConfigCETest.java
index 6f9cbd498a99..e2a7bed2a02f 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/test/java/com/appsmith/server/connectionpoolconfig/configurations/ConnectionPoolConfigCETest.java
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/test/java/com/appsmith/server/connectionpoolconfig/configurations/ConnectionPoolConfigCETest.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public class ConnectionPoolConfigCETest {
     @Test
     public void verifyGetMaxConnectionPoolSizeProvidesDefaultValue() {
         // this is same as default
-        Integer connectionPoolMaxSize = 5;
+        Integer connectionPoolMaxSize = 20;
 
         Mono<Integer> connectionPoolMaxSizeMono = connectionPoolConfig.getMaxConnectionPoolSize();
         StepVerifier.create(connectionPoolMaxSizeMono).assertNext(poolSize -> {