diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/infra/online_stores/contrib/postgres.py b/sdk/python/feast/infra/online_stores/contrib/postgres.py
index 6ae8a9d4f6..83ade9bbc3 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/infra/online_stores/contrib/postgres.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/infra/online_stores/contrib/postgres.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from feast.infra.key_encoding_utils import serialize_entity_key
 from feast.infra.online_stores.online_store import OnlineStore
 from feast.infra.utils.postgres.connection_utils import _get_connection_pool, _get_conn
-from feast.infra.utils.postgres.postgres_config import PostgreSQLConfig, Connection
+from feast.infra.utils.postgres.postgres_config import PostgreSQLConfig, ConnectionType
 from feast.protos.feast.types.EntityKey_pb2 import EntityKey as EntityKeyProto
 from feast.protos.feast.types.Value_pb2 import Value as ValueProto
 from feast.repo_config import RepoConfig
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class PostgreSQLOnlineStore(OnlineStore):
     @contextlib.contextmanager
     def _get_conn(self, config: RepoConfig):
         assert config.online_store.type == "postgres"
-        if config.online_store.conn_type == Connection.pool:
+        if config.online_store.conn_type == ConnectionType.pool:
             if not self._conn_pool:
                 self._conn_pool = _get_connection_pool(config.online_store)
             connection = self._conn_pool.getconn()
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/infra/utils/postgres/postgres_config.py b/sdk/python/feast/infra/utils/postgres/postgres_config.py
index cff8dbea7f..47b6efa173 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/infra/utils/postgres/postgres_config.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/infra/utils/postgres/postgres_config.py
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
 from feast.repo_config import FeastConfigBaseModel
 
 
-class Connection(Enum):
+class ConnectionType(Enum):
     singleton = 'singleton'
     pool = 'pool'
 
 class PostgreSQLConfig(FeastConfigBaseModel):
     min_conn: int = 1
     max_conn: int = 10
-    conn_type: Connection = Connection.singleton
+    conn_type: ConnectionType = ConnectionType.singleton
     host: StrictStr
     port: int = 5432
     database: StrictStr
diff --git a/sdk/python/tests/conftest.py b/sdk/python/tests/conftest.py
index e1ae5f7a42..d53bf96882 100644
--- a/sdk/python/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/sdk/python/tests/conftest.py
@@ -393,3 +393,17 @@ def feature_store_for_online_retrieval(
     ]
 
     return fs, feature_refs, entity_rows
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def fake_ingest_data():
+    """Fake data to ingest into the feature store"""
+    data = {
+        "driver_id": [1],
+        "conv_rate": [0.5],
+        "acc_rate": [0.6],
+        "avg_daily_trips": [4],
+        "event_timestamp": [pd.Timestamp(datetime.datetime.utcnow()).round("ms")],
+        "created": [pd.Timestamp(datetime.datetime.utcnow()).round("ms")],
+    }
+    return pd.DataFrame(data)
diff --git a/sdk/python/tests/integration/online_store/test_universal_online.py b/sdk/python/tests/integration/online_store/test_universal_online.py
index 51f39a5667..484a1cd9b5 100644
--- a/sdk/python/tests/integration/online_store/test_universal_online.py
+++ b/sdk/python/tests/integration/online_store/test_universal_online.py
@@ -30,11 +30,46 @@
     driver_feature_view,
 )
 from tests.utils.data_source_test_creator import prep_file_source
+from feast.infra.utils.postgres.postgres_config import ConnectionType
+
+
+@pytest.mark.integration
+@pytest.mark.universal_online_stores(only=["postgres"])
+def test_connection_pool_online_stores(environment, universal_data_sources, fake_ingest_data):
+    if os.getenv("FEAST_IS_LOCAL_TEST", "False") == "True":
+        return
+    fs = environment.feature_store
+    fs.config.online_store.conn_type = ConnectionType.pool
+    fs.config.online_store.min_conn = 1
+    fs.config.online_store.max_conn = 10
+
+    entities, datasets, data_sources = universal_data_sources
+    driver_hourly_stats = create_driver_hourly_stats_feature_view(data_sources.driver)
+    driver_entity = driver()
+
+    # Register Feature View and Entity
+    fs.apply([driver_hourly_stats, driver_entity])
+
+    # directly ingest data into the Online Store
+    fs.write_to_online_store("driver_stats", fake_ingest_data)
+
+    # assert the right data is in the Online Store
+    df = fs.get_online_features(
+        features=[
+            "driver_stats:avg_daily_trips",
+            "driver_stats:acc_rate",
+            "driver_stats:conv_rate",
+        ],
+        entity_rows=[{"driver_id": 1}],
+    ).to_df()
+    assertpy.assert_that(df["avg_daily_trips"].iloc[0]).is_equal_to(4)
+    assertpy.assert_that(df["acc_rate"].iloc[0]).is_close_to(0.6, 1e-6)
+    assertpy.assert_that(df["conv_rate"].iloc[0]).is_close_to(0.5, 1e-6)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.integration
 @pytest.mark.universal_online_stores(only=["redis"])
-def test_entity_ttl_online_store(environment, universal_data_sources):
+def test_entity_ttl_online_store(environment, universal_data_sources, fake_ingest_data):
     if os.getenv("FEAST_IS_LOCAL_TEST", "False") == "True":
         return
     fs = environment.feature_store
@@ -47,19 +82,8 @@ def test_entity_ttl_online_store(environment, universal_data_sources):
     # Register Feature View and Entity
     fs.apply([driver_hourly_stats, driver_entity])
 
-    # fake data to ingest into Online Store
-    data = {
-        "driver_id": [1],
-        "conv_rate": [0.5],
-        "acc_rate": [0.6],
-        "avg_daily_trips": [4],
-        "event_timestamp": [pd.Timestamp(datetime.datetime.utcnow()).round("ms")],
-        "created": [pd.Timestamp(datetime.datetime.utcnow()).round("ms")],
-    }
-    df_ingest = pd.DataFrame(data)
-
     # directly ingest data into the Online Store
-    fs.write_to_online_store("driver_stats", df_ingest)
+    fs.write_to_online_store("driver_stats", fake_ingest_data)
 
     # assert the right data is in the Online Store
     df = fs.get_online_features(