diff --git a/bitnami/pgbouncer/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpgbouncer.sh b/bitnami/pgbouncer/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpgbouncer.sh
index a13552100ee6..bfdd82248f09 100644
--- a/bitnami/pgbouncer/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpgbouncer.sh
+++ b/bitnami/pgbouncer/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/libpgbouncer.sh
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ pgbouncer_initialize() {
             "default_pool_size:${PGBOUNCER_DEFAULT_POOL_SIZE}"
             "min_pool_size:${PGBOUNCER_MIN_POOL_SIZE}"
             "reserve_pool_size:${PGBOUNCER_RESERVE_POOL_SIZE}"
+            "reserve_pool_timeout:${PGBOUNCER_RESERVE_POOL_TIMEOUT}"
             "ignore_startup_parameters:${PGBOUNCER_IGNORE_STARTUP_PARAMETERS}"
             "log_connections:${PGBOUNCER_LOG_CONNECTIONS}"
             "log_disconnections:${PGBOUNCER_LOG_DISCONNECTIONS}"
diff --git a/bitnami/pgbouncer/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/pgbouncer-env.sh b/bitnami/pgbouncer/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/pgbouncer-env.sh
index 3d1cbff20083..f31d6bf885af 100644
--- a/bitnami/pgbouncer/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/pgbouncer-env.sh
+++ b/bitnami/pgbouncer/1/debian-11/rootfs/opt/bitnami/scripts/pgbouncer-env.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ pgbouncer_env_vars=(
     PGBOUNCER_DEFAULT_POOL_SIZE
     PGBOUNCER_MIN_POOL_SIZE
     PGBOUNCER_RESERVE_POOL_SIZE
+    PGBOUNCER_RESERVE_POOL_TIMEOUT
     PGBOUNCER_IGNORE_STARTUP_PARAMETERS
     PGBOUNCER_EXTRA_FLAGS
     PGBOUNCER_STATS_PERIOD
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ export PGBOUNCER_SERVER_RESET_QUERY="${PGBOUNCER_SERVER_RESET_QUERY:-}"
 export PGBOUNCER_DEFAULT_POOL_SIZE="${PGBOUNCER_DEFAULT_POOL_SIZE:-}"
 export PGBOUNCER_MIN_POOL_SIZE="${PGBOUNCER_MIN_POOL_SIZE:-}"
 export PGBOUNCER_RESERVE_POOL_SIZE="${PGBOUNCER_RESERVE_POOL_SIZE:-}"
+export PGBOUNCER_RESERVE_POOL_TIMEOUT="${PGBOUNCER_RESERVE_POOL_TIMEOUT:-}"
 export PGBOUNCER_IGNORE_STARTUP_PARAMETERS="${PGBOUNCER_IGNORE_STARTUP_PARAMETERS:-}"
 export PGBOUNCER_EXTRA_FLAGS="${PGBOUNCER_EXTRA_FLAGS:-}"
 export PGBOUNCER_STATS_PERIOD="${PGBOUNCER_STATS_PERIOD:-60}"
diff --git a/bitnami/pgbouncer/README.md b/bitnami/pgbouncer/README.md
index e9dda7daacdc..bafa0961bc47 100644
--- a/bitnami/pgbouncer/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/pgbouncer/README.md
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ To expose the same database name as the backend, set `PGBOUNCER_DATABASE="$POSTG
 * `PGBOUNCER_DEFAULT_POOL_SIZE` : PgBouncer maximum server connections to allow per user/database pair. Default: **20**.
 * `PGBOUNCER_MIN_POOL_SIZE` : PgBouncer has at least this amount of open connections. Default: **0 (disabled)**.
 * `PGBOUNCER_RESERVE_POOL_SIZE` : PgBouncer allows this amount of additional connections. Default: **0 (disabled)**.
+* `PGBOUNCER_RESERVE_POOL_TIMEOUT` : If a client has not been serviced in this time, use additional connections from the reserve pool. 0 disables. Default: **5.0** [seconds].
 * `PGBOUNCER_IGNORE_STARTUP_PARAMETERS`: you can use this to set `ignore_startup_parameters` in the auto-generated `pgbouncer.ini`. This can be useful for solving certain connection issues. See <https://www.pgbouncer.org/> config.html for more details.
 * `PGBOUNCER_SERVER_IDLE_TIMEOUT`: PgBouncer maximum time in seconds a server connection can be idle. If 0 then the timeout is disabled. Default: **600**
 * `PGBOUNCER_SERVER_RESET_QUERY`: PgBouncer query sent to server on connection release before making it available to other clients. Default: **DISCARD ALL**