diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1c93063..b14d7fd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/btcsuite/btclog v0.0.0-20170628155309-84c8d2346e9f
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcutil v0.0.0-20190425235716-9e5f4b9a998d
 	github.com/btcsuite/websocket v0.0.0-20150119174127-31079b680792
-	github.com/coreos/bbolt v1.3.2
+	github.com/coreos/bbolt v1.3.3
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.2.0
 	github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bdc52c6..9902ef3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ github.com/coreos/bbolt v0.0.0-20180223184059-7ee3ded59d4835e10f3e7d0f7603c42aa5
 github.com/coreos/bbolt v0.0.0-20180223184059-7ee3ded59d4835e10f3e7d0f7603c42aa5e83820/go.mod h1:iRUV2dpdMOn7Bo10OQBFzIJO9kkE559Wcmn+qkEiiKk=
 github.com/coreos/bbolt v1.3.2 h1:wZwiHHUieZCquLkDL0B8UhzreNWsPHooDAG3q34zk0s=
 github.com/coreos/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:iRUV2dpdMOn7Bo10OQBFzIJO9kkE559Wcmn+qkEiiKk=
+github.com/coreos/bbolt v1.3.3 h1:n6AiVyVRKQFNb6mJlwESEvvLoDyiTzXX7ORAUlkeBdY=
+github.com/coreos/bbolt v1.3.3/go.mod h1:iRUV2dpdMOn7Bo10OQBFzIJO9kkE559Wcmn+qkEiiKk=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v0.0.0-20171005155431-ecdeabc65495 h1:6IyqGr3fnd0tM3YxipK27TUskaOVUjU2nG45yzwcQKY=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v0.0.0-20171005155431-ecdeabc65495/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
diff --git a/walletdb/bdb/db.go b/walletdb/bdb/db.go
index bf34e7a..ab611ba 100644
--- a/walletdb/bdb/db.go
+++ b/walletdb/bdb/db.go
@@ -344,6 +344,13 @@ func openDB(dbPath string, create bool) (walletdb.DB, error) {
 		return nil, walletdb.ErrDbDoesNotExist
 	}
 
-	boltDB, err := bbolt.Open(dbPath, 0600, nil)
+	// Specify bbolt freelist options to reduce heap pressure in case the
+	// freelist grows to be very large.
+	options := &bbolt.Options{
+		NoFreelistSync: true,
+		FreelistType:   bbolt.FreelistMapType,
+	}
+
+	boltDB, err := bbolt.Open(dbPath, 0600, options)
 	return (*db)(boltDB), convertErr(err)
 }