diff --git a/contrib/resource_pool b/contrib/resource_pool
index a246797a2..6a4074465 160000
--- a/contrib/resource_pool
+++ b/contrib/resource_pool
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a246797a2d8ebddbd7a56d07775a9d134127dd96
+Subproject commit 6a4074465cc672fc1999035ef3e851d7c250134c
diff --git a/examples/connection_pool.cpp b/examples/connection_pool.cpp
index 3b7bf9c7f..4a01879a4 100644
--- a/examples/connection_pool.cpp
+++ b/examples/connection_pool.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     connection_pool_config.queue_capacity = 10;
     // Maximum time duration to store unused open connection
     connection_pool_config.idle_timeout = std::chrono::seconds(60);
+    // Maximum time duration to keep connection open
+    connection_pool_config.lifespan = std::chrono::hours(24);
 
     // Creating connection pool from connection_info as the underlying ConnectionSource
     ozo::connection_pool connection_pool(connection_info, connection_pool_config);
diff --git a/include/ozo/connection_pool.h b/include/ozo/connection_pool.h
index f93f2aadb..ea0d65950 100644
--- a/include/ozo/connection_pool.h
+++ b/include/ozo/connection_pool.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ struct connection_pool_config {
     std::size_t capacity = 10; //!< maximum number of stored connections
     std::size_t queue_capacity = 128; //!< maximum number of queued requests to get available connection
     time_traits::duration idle_timeout = std::chrono::seconds(60); //!< time interval to close connection after last usage
+    time_traits::duration lifespan = std::chrono::hours(24); //!< time interval to keep connection open
 };
 
 /**
@@ -314,7 +315,7 @@ class connection_pool {
      * Thread safe by default (`ozo::thread_safety<true>`).
      */
     connection_pool(Source source, const connection_pool_config& config, const ThreadSafety& /*thread_safety*/ = ThreadSafety{})
-    : impl_(config.capacity, config.queue_capacity, config.idle_timeout),
+    : impl_(config.capacity, config.queue_capacity, config.idle_timeout, config.lifespan),
       source_(std::move(source)) {}
 
     /**