diff --git a/partner/partner-management-service/pom.xml b/partner/partner-management-service/pom.xml
index 7095697fbf..f2d691947c 100644
--- a/partner/partner-management-service/pom.xml
+++ b/partner/partner-management-service/pom.xml
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>pms-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>io.mosip.pms</groupId>
-		<version>1.1.5.4</version>
+		<version>1.1.5.4-p1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
 		
-	<version>1.1.5.4</version>
+	<version>1.1.5.4-p1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<artifactId>partner-management-service</artifactId>
 	<name>partner-management-service</name>
 	
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.mosip.pms</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pms-common</artifactId>
-			<version>1.1.5.4</version>
+			<version>1.1.5.4-p1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -112,4 +112,4 @@
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/partner/pms-common/pom.xml b/partner/pms-common/pom.xml
index 4e6725da57..5f0ef67ae2 100644
--- a/partner/pms-common/pom.xml
+++ b/partner/pms-common/pom.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.mosip.pms</groupId>
     <artifactId>pms-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.5.4</version>
+    <version>1.1.5.4-p1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>   
   <artifactId>pms-common</artifactId>
-  <version>1.1.5.4</version>
+  <version>1.1.5.4-p1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>pms-common</name>
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@
 			<version>${kernel-websubclient-api.version}</version>
 		</dependency>	
   </dependencies>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/partner/pms-common/src/main/java/io/mosip/pms/common/util/RestUtil.java b/partner/pms-common/src/main/java/io/mosip/pms/common/util/RestUtil.java
index ab4657ae03..b7a91987a8 100644
--- a/partner/pms-common/src/main/java/io/mosip/pms/common/util/RestUtil.java
+++ b/partner/pms-common/src/main/java/io/mosip/pms/common/util/RestUtil.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;
 import org.apache.http.ssl.TrustStrategy;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
@@ -54,6 +55,14 @@ public class RestUtil {
 	private Environment environment;
 
 	private static final String AUTHORIZATION = "Authorization=";
+	
+	private RestTemplate localRestTemplate;
+
+	@Value("${pms.default.httpclient.connections.max.per.host:20}")
+	private int maxConnectionPerRoute;
+
+	@Value("${pms.default.httpclient.connections.max:100}")
+	private int totalMaxConnection;
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public <T> T postApi(String apiUrl, List<String> pathsegments, String queryParamName, String queryParamValue,
@@ -169,16 +178,15 @@ public <T> T getApi(String apiUrl, Map<String, String> pathsegments, Class<?> re
 	}
 
 	public RestTemplate getRestTemplate() throws KeyManagementException, NoSuchAlgorithmException, KeyStoreException {
-		TrustStrategy acceptingTrustStrategy = (X509Certificate[] chain, String authType) -> true;
-		SSLContext sslContext = org.apache.http.ssl.SSLContexts.custom().loadTrustMaterial(null, acceptingTrustStrategy)
-				.build();
-		SSLConnectionSocketFactory csf = new SSLConnectionSocketFactory(sslContext);
-		CloseableHttpClient httpClient = HttpClients.custom().setSSLSocketFactory(csf).build();
-		HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory = new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory();
-		requestFactory.setHttpClient(httpClient);
-
-		return new RestTemplate(requestFactory);
-
+		if(localRestTemplate==null) {
+			HttpClientBuilder httpClientBuilder = HttpClients.custom()
+					.setMaxConnPerRoute(maxConnectionPerRoute)
+					.setMaxConnTotal(totalMaxConnection).disableCookieManagement();
+			HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory = new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory();
+			requestFactory.setHttpClient(httpClientBuilder.build());
+			localRestTemplate= new RestTemplate(requestFactory);
+		}
+		return localRestTemplate;
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
diff --git a/partner/policy-management-service/pom.xml b/partner/policy-management-service/pom.xml
index 7eb7197125..54c787eaea 100644
--- a/partner/policy-management-service/pom.xml
+++ b/partner/policy-management-service/pom.xml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 	<parent>
 		<artifactId>pms-parent</artifactId>
 		<groupId>io.mosip.pms</groupId>
-		<version>1.1.5.4</version>
+		<version>1.1.5.4-p1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	</parent>
-	<version>1.1.5.4</version>
+	<version>1.1.5.4-p1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<artifactId>policy-management-service</artifactId>
 	<name>policy-management-service</name>
 	<dependencies>
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.mosip.pms</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pms-common</artifactId>
-			<version>1.1.5.4</version>
+			<version>1.1.5.4-p1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 		</dependency>		
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.micrometer</groupId>
@@ -118,4 +118,4 @@
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/partner/pom.xml b/partner/pom.xml
index 55d4e95276..1c13397866 100644
--- a/partner/pom.xml
+++ b/partner/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<groupId>io.mosip.pms</groupId>
 	<artifactId>pms-parent</artifactId>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
-	<version>1.1.5.4</version>
+	<version>1.1.5.4-p1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	
 	<name>partner-management-services</name>
 	<description>Parent project of MOSIP partner-management-services</description>
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 	</properties>
 	
 	<modules>		
-		<module>policy-validator</module>
+<!-- 		<module>policy-validator</module> -->
 		<module>pms-common</module>
 		<module>policy-management-service</module>		
 		<module>partner-management-service</module>
@@ -273,4 +273,4 @@
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>