diff --git a/gns3server/core/tasks.py b/gns3server/core/tasks.py
index 85df5791..5519b808 100644
--- a/gns3server/core/tasks.py
+++ b/gns3server/core/tasks.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-import sys
 import asyncio
 
 from typing import Callable
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ from gns3server.controller import Controller
 from gns3server.compute import MODULES
 from gns3server.compute.port_manager import PortManager
 from gns3server.utils.http_client import HTTPClient
-from gns3server.db.tasks import connect_to_db, get_computes
+from gns3server.db.tasks import connect_to_db, disconnect_from_db, get_computes
 
 import logging
 
@@ -90,4 +89,6 @@ def create_shutdown_handler(app: FastAPI) -> Callable:
         if PortManager.instance().udp_ports:
             log.warning(f"UDP ports are still used {PortManager.instance().udp_ports}")
 
+        await disconnect_from_db(app)
+
     return shutdown_handler
diff --git a/gns3server/db/tasks.py b/gns3server/db/tasks.py
index 7c40a6fb..46f5a2b7 100644
--- a/gns3server/db/tasks.py
+++ b/gns3server/db/tasks.py
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ async def connect_to_db(app: FastAPI) -> None:
         log.fatal(f"Error while connecting to database '{db_url}: {e}")
 
 
+async def disconnect_from_db(app: FastAPI) -> None:
+
+    # dispose of the connection pool used by the database engine
+    if getattr(app.state, "_db_engine"):
+        await app.state._db_engine.dispose()
+        log.info(f"Disconnected from database")
+
+
 @event.listens_for(Engine, "connect")
 def set_sqlite_pragma(dbapi_connection, connection_record):
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7bc97804..2b401fb4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ sentry-sdk==1.5.7
 psutil==5.9.0
 distro==1.7.0
 py-cpuinfo==8.0.0
-sqlalchemy==1.4.32
+sqlalchemy==1.4.35
 aiosqlite===0.17.0
 passlib[bcrypt]==1.7.4
 python-jose==3.3.0