diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 1c405b7..49db2cb 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-version=1.1.2.BUILD-SNAPSHOT
+version=1.1.2.AL2-SNAPSHOT
 group=org.springframework.cloud
-
diff --git a/spring-cloud-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/Cloud.java b/spring-cloud-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/Cloud.java
index 82aafeb..109f3f1 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/Cloud.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/Cloud.java
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public class Cloud {
      * </pre>
      *
      * <p>
-     * If a there is only a single service of a given type (as defined by the {@link ServiceInfo.ServiceLabel} 
+     * If a there is only a single service of a given type (as defined by the {link ServiceInfo.ServiceLabel} 
      * annoation's value of the corresponding {@link ServiceInfo} class), that service is aliased 
      * to the service type. Keys for such properties start in <code>cloud.services.&lt;service-type&gt;</code>. 
      * For example, if there is only a single MySQL service bound to the application, the service properties 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-spring-service-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/service/relational/HikariCpPooledDataSourceCreator.java b/spring-cloud-spring-service-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/service/relational/HikariCpPooledDataSourceCreator.java
index 3a9b404..7e8b71d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-spring-service-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/service/relational/HikariCpPooledDataSourceCreator.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-spring-service-connector/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/service/relational/HikariCpPooledDataSourceCreator.java
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ public class HikariCpPooledDataSourceCreator<SI extends RelationalServiceInfo> i
 		if (serviceConnectorConfig == null) {
 			// choose sensible values so that we set max connection pool size to what
 			// free tier services on Cloud Foundry and Heroku allow
-			target.setPropertyValue("maximumPoolSize", 4);
+			target.setPropertyValue("maximumPoolSize", 10);
 			target.setPropertyValue("connectionTimeout", 30000);
+			target.setPropertyValue("idleTimeout", 30000);
+			target.setPropertyValue("maxLifetime", 55000);
 		}
 		configurer.configure(basicDataSource, (DataSourceConfig)serviceConnectorConfig);
 	}