diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 890cc8dfe5..346b3317f0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/gorilla/handlers v1.5.2
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus v1.2.0
+	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.6.0
 	github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0
-	github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9
 	github.com/mattermost/xml-roundtrip-validator v0.1.0
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.22
 	github.com/oklog/run v1.1.0
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.3.3 // indirect
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.11 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20221227161230-091c0ba34f0a // indirect
+	github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-wordwrap v0.0.0-20150314170334-ad45545899c7 // indirect
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.6.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.17.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240725223205-93522f1f2a9f // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index da52911df8..fba674ef53 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -140,6 +140,14 @@ github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.11 h1:3tnifQM4i+fbajXKBHXWEH+KvNHqojZ778UH75j3bGA=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.11/go.mod h1:jmQim1M+e3UYxmgPu/WyfjB3N3VflVyUjjjwH0dnCYA=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
+github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0 h1:/6Hmqy13Ss2zCq62VdNG8tM1wchn8zjSGOBJ6icpsIM=
+github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0/go.mod h1:CEx0iS5ambNFdcRtxPj5JhEz+xB6uRky5eyVu/W2HEg=
+github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20221227161230-091c0ba34f0a h1:bbPeKD0xmW/Y25WS6cokEszi5g+S0QxI/d45PkRi7Nk=
+github.com/jackc/pgservicefile v0.0.0-20221227161230-091c0ba34f0a/go.mod h1:5TJZWKEWniPve33vlWYSoGYefn3gLQRzjfDlhSJ9ZKM=
+github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.6.0 h1:SWJzexBzPL5jb0GEsrPMLIsi/3jOo7RHlzTjcAeDrPY=
+github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.6.0/go.mod h1:DNZ/vlrUnhWCoFGxHAG8U2ljioxukquj7utPDgtQdTw=
+github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.1 h1:RhxXJtFG022u4ibrCSMSiu5aOq1i77R3OHKNJj77OAk=
+github.com/jackc/puddle/v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:vriiEXHvEE654aYKXXjOvZM39qJ0q+azkZFrfEOc3H4=
 github.com/jcmturner/aescts/v2 v2.0.0 h1:9YKLH6ey7H4eDBXW8khjYslgyqG2xZikXP0EQFKrle8=
 github.com/jcmturner/aescts/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:AiaICIRyfYg35RUkr8yESTqvSy7csK90qZ5xfvvsoNs=
 github.com/jcmturner/dnsutils/v2 v2.0.0 h1:lltnkeZGL0wILNvrNiVCR6Ro5PGU/SeBvVO/8c/iPbo=
@@ -167,8 +175,6 @@ github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0 h1:RPNrshWIDI6G2gRW9EHilWtl7Z6Sb1BR0xunSBf0SNc=
 github.com/kylelemons/godebug v1.1.0/go.mod h1:9/0rRGxNHcop5bhtWyNeEfOS8JIWk580+fNqagV/RAw=
-github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9 h1:YXG7RB+JIjhP29X+OtkiDnYaXQwpS4JEWq7dtCCRUEw=
-github.com/lib/pq v1.10.9/go.mod h1:AlVN5x4E4T544tWzH6hKfbfQvm3HdbOxrmggDNAPY9o=
 github.com/mattermost/xml-roundtrip-validator v0.1.0 h1:RXbVD2UAl7A7nOTR4u7E3ILa4IbtvKBHw64LDsmu9hU=
 github.com/mattermost/xml-roundtrip-validator v0.1.0/go.mod h1:qccnGMcpgwcNaBnxqpJpWWUiPNr5H3O8eDgGV9gT5To=
 github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.22 h1:2gZY6PC6kBnID23Tichd1K+Z0oS6nE/XwU+Vz/5o4kU=
diff --git a/storage/ent/postgres.go b/storage/ent/postgres.go
index dad81df445..907c994b7a 100644
--- a/storage/ent/postgres.go
+++ b/storage/ent/postgres.go
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"entgo.io/ent/dialect"
 	entSQL "entgo.io/ent/dialect/sql"
-	_ "github.com/lib/pq" // Register postgres driver.
 
 	"github.com/dexidp/dex/storage"
 	"github.com/dexidp/dex/storage/ent/client"
 	"github.com/dexidp/dex/storage/ent/db"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/stdlib"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -61,28 +63,28 @@ func (p *Postgres) Open(logger *slog.Logger) (storage.Storage, error) {
 }
 
 func (p *Postgres) driver() (*entSQL.Driver, error) {
-	drv, err := entSQL.Open("postgres", p.dsn())
+	pool, err := pgxpool.New(context.Background(), p.dsn())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	db := stdlib.OpenDBFromPool(pool)
+
 	// set database/sql tunables if configured
+	// using pool no need maxIdleConns
 	if p.ConnMaxLifetime != 0 {
-		drv.DB().SetConnMaxLifetime(time.Duration(p.ConnMaxLifetime) * time.Second)
-	}
-
-	if p.MaxIdleConns == 0 {
-		drv.DB().SetMaxIdleConns(5)
-	} else {
-		drv.DB().SetMaxIdleConns(p.MaxIdleConns)
+		db.SetConnMaxLifetime(time.Duration(p.ConnMaxLifetime) * time.Second)
 	}
 
 	if p.MaxOpenConns == 0 {
-		drv.DB().SetMaxOpenConns(5)
+		db.SetMaxOpenConns(5)
 	} else {
-		drv.DB().SetMaxOpenConns(p.MaxOpenConns)
+		db.SetMaxOpenConns(p.MaxOpenConns)
 	}
 
+	// Create an ent.Driver from `db`.
+	drv := entSQL.OpenDB(dialect.Postgres, db)
+
 	return drv, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/storage/sql/config.go b/storage/sql/config.go
index 5379aeb6b2..cd729ff293 100644
--- a/storage/sql/config.go
+++ b/storage/sql/config.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package sql
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"crypto/x509"
 	"database/sql"
@@ -14,7 +15,9 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql"
-	"github.com/lib/pq"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgconn"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/pgxpool"
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/stdlib"
 
 	"github.com/dexidp/dex/storage"
 )
@@ -165,22 +168,19 @@ func (p *Postgres) createDataSourceName() string {
 func (p *Postgres) open(logger *slog.Logger) (*conn, error) {
 	dataSourceName := p.createDataSourceName()
 
-	db, err := sql.Open("postgres", dataSourceName)
+	pool, err := pgxpool.New(context.Background(), dataSourceName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	db := stdlib.OpenDBFromPool(pool)
+
 	// set database/sql tunables if configured
+	// using pool no need maxIdleConns
 	if p.ConnMaxLifetime != 0 {
 		db.SetConnMaxLifetime(time.Duration(p.ConnMaxLifetime) * time.Second)
 	}
 
-	if p.MaxIdleConns == 0 {
-		db.SetMaxIdleConns(5)
-	} else {
-		db.SetMaxIdleConns(p.MaxIdleConns)
-	}
-
 	if p.MaxOpenConns == 0 {
 		db.SetMaxOpenConns(5)
 	} else {
@@ -188,11 +188,11 @@ func (p *Postgres) open(logger *slog.Logger) (*conn, error) {
 	}
 
 	errCheck := func(err error) bool {
-		sqlErr, ok := err.(*pq.Error)
+		sqlErr, ok := err.(*pgconn.PgError)
 		if !ok {
 			return false
 		}
-		return sqlErr.Code == pgErrUniqueViolation
+		return sqlErr.SQLState() == pgErrUniqueViolation
 	}
 
 	c := &conn{db, &flavorPostgres, logger, errCheck}
diff --git a/storage/sql/sql.go b/storage/sql/sql.go
index d671021fca..4400e5aa57 100644
--- a/storage/sql/sql.go
+++ b/storage/sql/sql.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	// import third party drivers
-	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
+	_ "github.com/jackc/pgx/v5/stdlib"
 	_ "github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 )