diff --git a/outbox-kafka-spring-reactive/src/test/java/one/tomorrow/transactionaloutbox/reactive/AbstractIntegrationTest.java b/outbox-kafka-spring-reactive/src/test/java/one/tomorrow/transactionaloutbox/reactive/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
index 0b0e14ac..c6f59b69 100644
--- a/outbox-kafka-spring-reactive/src/test/java/one/tomorrow/transactionaloutbox/reactive/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/outbox-kafka-spring-reactive/src/test/java/one/tomorrow/transactionaloutbox/reactive/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ public static void setR2DBCProperties(DynamicPropertyRegistry registry) {
         registry.add("spring.r2dbc.pool.enabled", () -> "true");
         registry.add("spring.r2dbc.pool.initial-size", () -> "5");
         registry.add("spring.r2dbc.pool.max-size", () -> "10");
+        // Prevent "Could not open R2DBC Connection", caused by "Connection unexpectedly closed"
+        registry.add("spring.r2dbc.pool.aquire-retry", () -> "5");
+        registry.add("spring.r2dbc.pool.validation-query", () -> "select 1");
     }
 
 }