diff --git a/crates/sui-indexer/src/handlers/checkpoint_handler.rs b/crates/sui-indexer/src/handlers/checkpoint_handler.rs
index a0fd533cabda2..b3897f2fe8935 100644
--- a/crates/sui-indexer/src/handlers/checkpoint_handler.rs
+++ b/crates/sui-indexer/src/handlers/checkpoint_handler.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pub async fn new_handlers<S, T>(
 ) -> Result<CheckpointHandler<S, T>, IndexerError>
 where
     S: IndexerStore + Clone + Sync + Send + 'static,
-    T: R2D2Connection,
+    T: R2D2Connection + 'static,
 {
     let checkpoint_queue_size = std::env::var("CHECKPOINT_QUEUE_SIZE")
         .unwrap_or(CHECKPOINT_QUEUE_SIZE.to_string())
diff --git a/crates/sui-indexer/src/test_utils.rs b/crates/sui-indexer/src/test_utils.rs
index 22b243cd7279a..421039555ca9c 100644
--- a/crates/sui-indexer/src/test_utils.rs
+++ b/crates/sui-indexer/src/test_utils.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ impl ReaderWriterConfig {
     }
 }
 
-pub async fn start_test_indexer<T: R2D2Connection + Send>(
+pub async fn start_test_indexer<T: R2D2Connection + Send + 'static>(
     db_url: Option<String>,
     rpc_url: String,
     reader_writer_config: ReaderWriterConfig,
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ pub async fn start_test_indexer<T: R2D2Connection + Send>(
     .await
 }
 
-pub async fn start_test_indexer_impl<T: R2D2Connection>(
+pub async fn start_test_indexer_impl<T: R2D2Connection + 'static>(
     db_url: Option<String>,
     rpc_url: String,
     reader_writer_config: ReaderWriterConfig,