diff --git a/framework/db/src/main/java/com/cloud/utils/db/TransactionLegacy.java b/framework/db/src/main/java/com/cloud/utils/db/TransactionLegacy.java
index f787592df5f..e22297d1584 100644
--- a/framework/db/src/main/java/com/cloud/utils/db/TransactionLegacy.java
+++ b/framework/db/src/main/java/com/cloud/utils/db/TransactionLegacy.java
@@ -1158,9 +1158,6 @@ public class TransactionLegacy implements Closeable {
         GenericObjectPoolConfig config = createPoolConfig(maxActive, maxIdle, maxWait, timeBtwnEvictionRuns, minEvictableIdleTime, testWhileIdle, testOnBorrow);
         ObjectPool<PoolableConnection> connectionPool = new GenericObjectPool<>(poolableConnectionFactory, config);
         poolableConnectionFactory.setPool(connectionPool);
-        if (validationQuery != null) {
-            poolableConnectionFactory.setValidationQuery(validationQuery);
-        }
         if (isolationLevel != null) {
             poolableConnectionFactory.setDefaultTransactionIsolation(isolationLevel);
         }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index adfdd153d3e..ec99cabd513 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
         <cs.commons-validator.version>1.6</cs.commons-validator.version>
         <cs.configuration.version>1.10</cs.configuration.version>
         <cs.daemon.version>1.3.3</cs.daemon.version>
-        <cs.dbcp.version>2.9.0</cs.dbcp.version>
+        <cs.dbcp.version>2.12.0</cs.dbcp.version>
         <cs.discovery.version>0.5</cs.discovery.version>
         <cs.lang.version>2.6</cs.lang.version>
         <cs.pool.version>2.9.0</cs.pool.version>