diff --git a/ansible/roles/ndh-app/templates/etc/nginx/nginx.conf.j2 b/ansible/roles/ndh-app/templates/etc/nginx/nginx.conf.j2
index b91221a57..2d2eb2aa8 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/ndh-app/templates/etc/nginx/nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/ndh-app/templates/etc/nginx/nginx.conf.j2
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ http {
         ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/nginx.crt;
         ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/nginx.key;
         ssl_protocols TLSv1.1;
+        ssl_session_tickets off;
+        ssl_session_timeout 5s;
         proxy_read_timeout 120s;
         proxy_send_timeout 120s;
         proxy_connect_timeout 120s;