diff --git a/sdks/java/io/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/jdbc/JdbcSchemaIOProvider.java b/sdks/java/io/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/jdbc/JdbcSchemaIOProvider.java
index c37ddf26abac..c68b33a02607 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/jdbc/JdbcSchemaIOProvider.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/jdbc/src/main/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/jdbc/JdbcSchemaIOProvider.java
@@ -204,9 +204,10 @@ protected JdbcIO.DataSourceConfiguration getDataSourceConfiguration() {
         dataSourceConfiguration = dataSourceConfiguration.withConnectionInitSqls(initSqls);
       }
 
-      @Nullable Integer maxConnections = config.getInt32("maxConnections");
+      @Nullable Short maxConnections = config.getInt16("maxConnections");
       if (maxConnections != null) {
-        dataSourceConfiguration = dataSourceConfiguration.withMaxConnections(maxConnections);
+        dataSourceConfiguration =
+            dataSourceConfiguration.withMaxConnections(maxConnections.intValue());
       }
 
       @Nullable String driverJars = config.getString("driverJars");
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/jdbc/JdbcSchemaIOProviderTest.java b/sdks/java/io/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/jdbc/JdbcSchemaIOProviderTest.java
index d91eaaef6e62..ed380d813625 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/jdbc/JdbcSchemaIOProviderTest.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/jdbc/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/jdbc/JdbcSchemaIOProviderTest.java
@@ -17,9 +17,14 @@
  */
 package org.apache.beam.sdk.io.jdbc;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.common.DatabaseTestHelper;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.common.TestRow;
@@ -81,8 +86,7 @@ public void testPartitionedRead() {
   }
 
   // This test shouldn't work because we only support numeric and datetime columns and we are trying
-  // to use a string
-  // column as our partition source
+  // to use a string column as our partition source.
   @Test
   public void testPartitionedReadThatShouldntWork() throws Exception {
     JdbcSchemaIOProvider provider = new JdbcSchemaIOProvider();
@@ -110,6 +114,42 @@ public void testPartitionedReadThatShouldntWork() throws Exception {
     throw new Exception("Did not throw an exception");
   }
 
+  // This test verifies we can read back existing data source configuration. It also serves as
+  // sanity check that the
+  // getDataSourceConfiguration should keep in sync with JdbcSchemaIOProvider.configurationSchema.
+  // Otherwise the test
+  // would throw an exception.
+  @Test
+  public void testAbleToReadDataSourceConfiguration() {
+    JdbcSchemaIOProvider provider = new JdbcSchemaIOProvider();
+
+    Row config =
+        Row.withSchema(provider.configurationSchema())
+            .withFieldValue("driverClassName", "className")
+            .withFieldValue("jdbcUrl", "url")
+            .withFieldValue("username", "user")
+            .withFieldValue("password", "passwd")
+            .withFieldValue("connectionProperties", "connectionProp")
+            .withFieldValue("connectionInitSqls", new ArrayList<>(Collections.singleton("initSql")))
+            .withFieldValue("maxConnections", (short) 3)
+            .withFieldValue("driverJars", "test.jar")
+            .build();
+    JdbcSchemaIOProvider.JdbcSchemaIO schemaIO =
+        provider.from(READ_TABLE_NAME, config, Schema.builder().build());
+    JdbcIO.DataSourceConfiguration dataSourceConf = schemaIO.getDataSourceConfiguration();
+    assertEquals("className", Objects.requireNonNull(dataSourceConf.getDriverClassName()).get());
+    assertEquals("url", Objects.requireNonNull(dataSourceConf.getUrl()).get());
+    assertEquals("user", Objects.requireNonNull(dataSourceConf.getUsername()).get());
+    assertEquals("passwd", Objects.requireNonNull(dataSourceConf.getPassword()).get());
+    assertEquals(
+        "connectionProp", Objects.requireNonNull(dataSourceConf.getConnectionProperties()).get());
+    assertEquals(
+        new ArrayList<>(Collections.singleton("initSql")),
+        Objects.requireNonNull(dataSourceConf.getConnectionInitSqls()).get());
+    assertEquals(3, (int) dataSourceConf.getMaxConnections().get());
+    assertEquals("test.jar", Objects.requireNonNull(dataSourceConf.getDriverJars()).get());
+  }
+
   /** Create test data that is consistent with that generated by TestRow. */
   private static void addInitialData(DataSource dataSource, String tableName) throws SQLException {
     try (Connection connection = dataSource.getConnection()) {