diff --git a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/Tables.scala b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/Tables.scala
index d6649b81e17..b51a7d9680a 100644
--- a/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/Tables.scala
+++ b/metals/src/main/scala/scala/meta/internal/metals/Tables.scala
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ final class Tables(
     val formatVersionChangedMessage =
       "The write format 2 is smaller than the supported format 3"
     try {
-      DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, null)
+      DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, null).close()
     } catch {
       case e: SQLException if e.getErrorCode() == 90048 =>
         e.getCause() match {