diff --git a/types/oracledb/index.d.ts b/types/oracledb/index.d.ts
index 90e2df72ef9254..a3c6b561f906ed 100644
--- a/types/oracledb/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/oracledb/index.d.ts
@@ -2760,6 +2760,7 @@ declare namespace OracleDB {
         poolIncrement: number;
         poolTimeout: number;
         poolPingInterval: number;
+        poolPingTimeout: number;
         poolMaxPerShard: number;
         stmtCacheSize: number;
         sodaMetaDataCache: boolean;
@@ -3245,6 +3246,13 @@ declare namespace OracleDB {
          * @default 60
          */
         poolPingInterval?: number | undefined;
+        /**
+         * The number of milliseconds that a connection should wait for a response from connection.ping().
+         * This optional property overrides the oracledb.poolPingTimeout property.
+         *
+         * @default 5000
+         */
+        poolPingTimeout?: number | undefined;
         /**
          * The number of seconds after which idle connections (unused in the pool) may be terminated.
          * Idle connections are terminated only when the pool is accessed.
diff --git a/types/oracledb/oracledb-tests.ts b/types/oracledb/oracledb-tests.ts
index d398b0683c85fa..05d88303cefff1 100644
--- a/types/oracledb/oracledb-tests.ts
+++ b/types/oracledb/oracledb-tests.ts
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ const runPromiseTests = async (): Promise<void> => {
             queueTimeout: 60000,
             sessionCallback: initSession,
             stmtCacheSize: 5,
+            poolPingTimeout: 5000,
             user: DB_USER,
         });