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 dee6fbe13c46..103e646190c3 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
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ export PGBOUNCER_AUTH_HBA_FILE="${PGBOUNCER_AUTH_HBA_FILE:-}"
 export PGBOUNCER_STATS_USERS="${PGBOUNCER_STATS_USERS:-}"
 export PGBOUNCER_POOL_MODE="${PGBOUNCER_POOL_MODE:-}"
 export PGBOUNCER_INIT_SLEEP_TIME="${PGBOUNCER_INIT_SLEEP_TIME:-10}"
-export PGBOUNCER_SERVER_FAST_CLOSE="${PGBOUNCER_SERVER_FAST_CLOSE:-**0**}"
+export PGBOUNCER_SERVER_FAST_CLOSE="${PGBOUNCER_SERVER_FAST_CLOSE:-0}"
 export PGBOUNCER_INIT_MAX_RETRIES="${PGBOUNCER_INIT_MAX_RETRIES:-10}"
 export PGBOUNCER_QUERY_WAIT_TIMEOUT="${PGBOUNCER_QUERY_WAIT_TIMEOUT:-}"
 export PGBOUNCER_MAX_CLIENT_CONN="${PGBOUNCER_MAX_CLIENT_CONN:-}"