diff --git a/k8s/settings_local.py b/k8s/settings_local.py
index c1436e158b..c09bd70c86 100644
--- a/k8s/settings_local.py
+++ b/k8s/settings_local.py
@@ -114,15 +114,17 @@ def _multiline_to_list(s):
 
 # Configure persistent connections. A setting of 0 is Django's default.
 _conn_max_age = os.environ.get("DATATRACKER_DB_CONN_MAX_AGE", "0")
-# A string "none" means unlimited age.
-DATABASES["default"]["CONN_MAX_AGE"] = (
-    None if _conn_max_age.lower() == "none" else int(_conn_max_age)
-)
+for dbname in ["default", "blobdb"]:
+    # A string "none" means unlimited age.
+    DATABASES[dbname]["CONN_MAX_AGE"] = (
+        None if _conn_max_age.lower() == "none" else int(_conn_max_age)
+    )
 # Enable connection health checks if DATATRACKER_DB_CONN_HEALTH_CHECK is the string "true"
 _conn_health_checks = bool(
     os.environ.get("DATATRACKER_DB_CONN_HEALTH_CHECKS", "false").lower() == "true"
 )
-DATABASES["default"]["CONN_HEALTH_CHECKS"] = _conn_health_checks
+for dbname in ["default", "blobdb"]:
+    DATABASES[dbname]["CONN_HEALTH_CHECKS"] = _conn_health_checks
 
 # DATATRACKER_ADMINS is a newline-delimited list of addresses parseable by email.utils.parseaddr
 _admins_str = os.environ.get("DATATRACKER_ADMINS", None)