Performance tuning - backend

pom.xml

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     <poi.version>5.5.1</poi.version>
     <itext.version>5.3.4</itext.version>
     <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
+    <hikaricp.version>6.3.3</hikaricp.version>
     <junit.version>5.12.2</junit.version>
     <tomcat.version>10.1.57</tomcat.version>
     <server.port>8080</server.port>
@@ -123,6 +124,11 @@
       <version>42.7.13</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
+      <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
+      <version>${hikaricp.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
       <artifactId>mssql-jdbc</artifactId>