diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index d956579..d3d74b1 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metabase/connection-pool "1.0.2"
+(defproject metabase/connection-pool "1.0.3"
   :description "Connection pools for JDBC databases. Simple wrapper around C3P0."
   :url "https://github.com/metabase/connection-pool"
   :min-lein-version "2.5.0"
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
             :url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/metabase/connection-pool/master/LICENSE"}
 
   :aliases
-  {"test"                      ["with-profile" "+expectations" "expectations"]
-   "bikeshed"                  ["with-profile" "+bikeshed" "bikeshed" "--max-line-length" "120"]
+  {"bikeshed"                  ["with-profile" "+bikeshed" "bikeshed" "--max-line-length" "120"]
    "check-namespace-decls"     ["with-profile" "+check-namespace-decls" "check-namespace-decls"]
    "eastwood"                  ["with-profile" "+eastwood" "eastwood"]
    "docstring-checker"         ["with-profile" "+docstring-checker" "docstring-checker"]
@@ -22,18 +21,12 @@
   {:dev
    {:dependencies
     [[org.clojure/clojure "1.10.1"]
-     [expectations "2.2.0-beta2"]]
-
-    :injections
-    [(require 'expectations)
-     ((resolve 'expectations/disable-run-on-shutdown))]
+     [com.h2database/h2 "1.4.197"]
+     [pjstadig/humane-test-output "0.9.0"]]
 
     :jvm-opts
     ["-Xverify:none"]}
 
-   :expectations
-   {:plugins [[lein-expectations "0.0.8" :exclusions [expectations]]]}
-
    :eastwood
    {:plugins
     [[jonase/eastwood "0.3.6" :exclusions [org.clojure/clojure]]]
@@ -56,7 +49,8 @@
 
    :bikeshed
    {:plugins
-    [[lein-bikeshed "0.5.2"]]}
+    [[lein-bikeshed "0.5.2"
+      :exclusions [org.clojure/tools.namespace]]]}
 
    :check-namespace-decls
    {:plugins               [[lein-check-namespace-decls "1.0.2"]]
diff --git a/src/metabase/connection_pool.clj b/src/metabase/connection_pool.clj
index dff3d26..34b9749 100644
--- a/src/metabase/connection_pool.clj
+++ b/src/metabase/connection_pool.clj
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   for the options, which are c3p0-specific -- consider abstracting those as well?)"
   (:import com.mchange.v2.c3p0.DataSources
            [java.sql Driver DriverManager]
-           [java.util Map Properties]
+           java.util.Properties
            javax.sql.DataSource))
 
 ;;; ------------------------------------------------ Proxy DataSource ------------------------------------------------
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
   ([spec]
    (DataSources/pooledDataSource (unpooled-data-source spec)))
 
-  ([spec, ^Map pool-properties]
-   (DataSources/pooledDataSource (unpooled-data-source spec), pool-properties)))
+  ([spec pool-properties-map]
+   (DataSources/pooledDataSource (unpooled-data-source spec) (map->properties pool-properties-map))))
 
 (defn connection-pool-spec
   "Create a new connection pool for a JDBC `spec` and return a spec for it. Optionally pass a map of connection pool
diff --git a/test/metabase/connection_pool_test.clj b/test/metabase/connection_pool_test.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1afa610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/metabase/connection_pool_test.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+(ns metabase.connection-pool-test
+  (:require [clojure.test :as t]
+            [metabase.connection-pool :as connection-pool]))
+
+(def ^:private spec
+  {:classname "org.h2.Driver", :subprotocol "h2", :subname "mem:db"})
+
+(t/deftest properties-test
+  (t/testing "Options passed in to `connection-pool-spec` should get parsed correctly"
+    (let [description (-> (connection-pool/connection-pool-spec spec {"acquireIncrement"        1
+                                                                      "testConnectionOnCheckin" true})
+                          :datasource
+                          str)]
+      (t/is (= "acquireIncrement -> 1"
+               (re-find #"acquireIncrement -> \d" description))
+            "numeric options should get converted correctly")
+      (t/is (= "testConnectionOnCheckin -> true"
+               (re-find #"testConnectionOnCheckin -> \w+" description))
+            "boolean options should get converted correctly"))))