diff --git a/src/fides/api/tasks/__init__.py b/src/fides/api/tasks/__init__.py
index e757052ac1..ed5d9b8556 100644
--- a/src/fides/api/tasks/__init__.py
+++ b/src/fides/api/tasks/__init__.py
@@ -64,10 +64,11 @@ def get_new_session(self) -> ContextManager[Session]:
         if self._task_engine is None:
             self._task_engine = get_db_engine(
                 config=CONFIG,
+                pool_size=CONFIG.database.task_engine_pool_size,
+                max_overflow=CONFIG.database.task_engine_max_overflow,
                 keepalives_idle=CONFIG.database.task_engine_keepalives_idle,
                 keepalives_interval=CONFIG.database.task_engine_keepalives_interval,
                 keepalives_count=CONFIG.database.task_engine_keepalives_count,
-                disable_pooling=True,
             )
 
         # same for the sessionmaker
diff --git a/tests/ops/tasks/test_database_task.py b/tests/ops/tasks/test_database_task.py
index 0076f16f84..c2907ade17 100644
--- a/tests/ops/tasks/test_database_task.py
+++ b/tests/ops/tasks/test_database_task.py
@@ -42,21 +42,6 @@ def always_failing_session_maker(self):
         mock_maker.side_effect = OperationalError("connection failed", None, None)
         return mock_maker
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
-        "config_fixture", [None, "mock_config_changed_db_engine_settings"]
-    )
-    def test_get_task_session(self, config_fixture, request):
-        if config_fixture is not None:
-            request.getfixturevalue(
-                config_fixture
-            )  # used to invoke config fixture if provided
-        pool_size = CONFIG.database.task_engine_pool_size
-        max_overflow = CONFIG.database.task_engine_max_overflow
-        t = DatabaseTask()
-        session: Session = t.get_new_session()
-        engine: Engine = session.get_bind()
-        assert isinstance(engine.pool, NullPool)
-
     def test_retry_on_operational_error(self, recovering_session_maker):
         """Test that session creation retries on OperationalError"""