diff --git a/charts/tidepool/Chart.yaml b/charts/tidepool/Chart.yaml
index 53542310..22d859cd 100644
--- a/charts/tidepool/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/tidepool/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 description: A Helm chart for Tidepool
 name: tidepool
-version: 0.24.6
+version: 0.25.0
 maintainers:
   - name: Todd Kazakov
     email: todd@tidepool.org
diff --git a/charts/tidepool/charts/kafka/templates/2-users-source-kafka-connector.yaml b/charts/tidepool/charts/kafka/templates/2-users-source-kafka-connector.yaml
index 85717257..0a4e717c 100644
--- a/charts/tidepool/charts/kafka/templates/2-users-source-kafka-connector.yaml
+++ b/charts/tidepool/charts/kafka/templates/2-users-source-kafka-connector.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ spec:
     value.converter: 'org.apache.kafka.connect.json.JsonConverter'
     value.converter.schemas.enable: false
     snapshot.mode: {{ .Values.keycloak.snapshotMode }}
-    table.include.list: 'public.user_entity,public.user_role_mapping,public.keycloak_role,public.user_attribute'
+    table.include.list: 'public.tp_debezium_lsn_heartbeat,public.user_entity,public.user_role_mapping,public.keycloak_role,public.user_attribute'
     transforms: 'filter,filter_user_attr'
     transforms.filter.type: 'io.debezium.transforms.Filter'
     transforms.filter.language: 'jsr223.groovy'
@@ -37,5 +37,13 @@ spec:
     transforms.filter_user_attr.language: 'jsr223.groovy'
     transforms.filter_user_attr.topic.regex: '.+\.public.(user_attribute)'
     transforms.filter_user_attr.condition: "value.op && ((value.op == 'r' || value.op == 'c' || value.op == 'u') && value?.after?.name != null && value.after.name == 'terms_and_conditions')"
+    # periodic heartbeat for the source connector's offsets
+    heartbeat.interval.ms: {{ .Values.global.kafka.connect.postgresHeartbeatIntervalMs }}
+    # periodic heartbeat to advance the replication slot's LSN to keep WAL from
+    # growing excessively large from modifications to busier tables than the
+    # ones this connector is capturing.
+    # Hearbeat table created as `CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS public.tp_debezium_lsn_heartbeat(id INT PRIMARY KEY, last_updated TIMESTAMPTZ);`
+    # Add table to publication if not using all tables.
+    heartbeat.action.query: "INSERT INTO public.tp_debezium_lsn_heartbeat(id, last_updated) VALUES (1, NOW()) ON CONFLICT (id) DO UPDATE SET last_updated = EXCLUDED.last_updated"
   tasksMax: 1
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/tidepool/values.yaml b/charts/tidepool/values.yaml
index 43f9c7c4..d908311e 100644
--- a/charts/tidepool/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/tidepool/values.yaml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ global:
       # -- enable keycloak kafka connector
       keycloak:
         enabled: false
+      postgresHeartbeatIntervalMs: 60000
     # -- The password key ref
     passwordKeyName: "Password"
   linkerdsupport: