diff --git a/src/explorer/connectionTreeItem.ts b/src/explorer/connectionTreeItem.ts
index 1f751a573..d731fcdeb 100644
--- a/src/explorer/connectionTreeItem.ts
+++ b/src/explorer/connectionTreeItem.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ export default class ConnectionTreeItem
     }
 
     try {
-      const dbs = await dataService.listDatabases();
+      const dbs = await dataService.listDatabases({
+        nameOnly: true,
+      });
 
       return dbs.map((dbItem) => dbItem.name);
     } catch (error) {