diff --git a/.github/actions/deploy/deploy.mjs b/.github/actions/deploy/deploy.mjs
index 01cc29b9d2..2ecd50c9c0 100644
--- a/.github/actions/deploy/deploy.mjs
+++ b/.github/actions/deploy/deploy.mjs
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ const createHelmCommand = ({ isDryRun }) => {
     isProduction || isBeta || isInternal
       ? [
           `--set        cloud-sql-proxy.enabled=true`,
+          `--set-string cloud-sql-proxy.database.connectionName="${GCLOUD_CONNECTION_NAME}"`,
           `--set-string global.database.host=${DATABASE_URL}`,
           `--set-string global.database.user=${DATABASE_USERNAME}`,
           `--set-string global.database.password=${DATABASE_PASSWORD}`,
diff --git a/.github/helm/affine/charts/gcloud-sql-proxy/values.yaml b/.github/helm/affine/charts/gcloud-sql-proxy/values.yaml
index d682ce2823..99d3dd1e8a 100644
--- a/.github/helm/affine/charts/gcloud-sql-proxy/values.yaml
+++ b/.github/helm/affine/charts/gcloud-sql-proxy/values.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 replicaCount: 3
 enabled: false
+database: 
+  connectionName: ""
 
 image:
   # the tag is defined as chart appVersion.