diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 55a05245e..71e84b9be 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ apply plugin: 'io.spring.dependency-management'
 
 allprojects {
     group 'org.radarbase'
-    version '2.1.1' // project version
+    version '2.1.2' // project version
 
     // The comment on the previous line is only there to identify the project version line easily
     // with a sed command, to auto-update the version number with the prepare-release-branch.sh
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d57dbacea..ebe715422 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "management-portal",
-  "version": "2.1.1",
+  "version": "2.1.2",
   "description": "Description for ManagementPortal",
   "private": true,
   "cacheDirectories": [
diff --git a/src/main/resources/config/application-prod.yml b/src/main/resources/config/application-prod.yml
index cb770b5e9..a91de4f62 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/config/application-prod.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/config/application-prod.yml
@@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ spring:
     name: managementportal
     username: radarbase
     password: radarbase
-    hikari:
-      data-source-properties:
-        cachePrepStmts: true
-        prepStmtCacheSize: 250
-        prepStmtCacheSqlLimit: 2048
-        useServerPrepStmts: true
   jpa:
     database-platform: org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect
     database: POSTGRESQL