diff --git a/frameworks/Crystal/amber/README.md b/frameworks/Crystal/amber/README.md
index 470813e8c34..3bb70081119 100644
--- a/frameworks/Crystal/amber/README.md
+++ b/frameworks/Crystal/amber/README.md
@@ -8,17 +8,12 @@ This is the [Amber](https://amberframework.org) test of the Framework Benchmarks
 
 The purpose of Amber is not to create yet another framework, but to take advantage of the beautiful Crystal language capabilities and provide engineers an efficient, cohesive, and well maintain web framework for the crystal community that embraces the language philosophies, conventions, and guides.
 
-Amber Crystal borrows concepts that already have been battle tested, successful, and embrace new concepts through team and community collaboration and analysis, that aligns with Crystal philosophies.
+Amber borrows concepts that already have been battle tested, successful, and embrace new concepts through team and community collaboration and analysis, that aligns with Crystal philosophies.
 
-## Contributors
+Updated for Amber 1.4.1 and Crystal 1.14.0
 
-- Dru Jensen [drujensen](https://github.com/drujensen) 
-- Elias Perez [eliasjpr](https://github.com/eliasjpr) 
-- Isaac Sloan [elorest](https://github.com/elorest) 
-- Faustino Aguilar [faustinoaq](https://github.com/faustinoaq) 
-- Nick Franken [fridgerator](https://github.com/fridgerator)
-- Mark Siemers [marksiemers](https://github.com/marksiemers)
-- Robert Carpenter [robacarp](https://github.com/robacarp) 
+## Contributors
+- Seth Tucker [crimson-knight](https://github.com/crimson-knight)
 
 See more [Amber contributors](https://github.com/amberframework/amber/graphs/contributors)
 
diff --git a/frameworks/Crystal/amber/config/initializers/database.cr b/frameworks/Crystal/amber/config/initializers/database.cr
index 04240c59a66..cf60c82de5a 100644
--- a/frameworks/Crystal/amber/config/initializers/database.cr
+++ b/frameworks/Crystal/amber/config/initializers/database.cr
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require "granite/adapter/pg"
 
-cpu_count = System.cpu_count
-pool_size = 56 // cpu_count
+cpu_count = System.cpu_count - 1 # Always leave 1 core for the system
+pool_size = cpu_count * 4 # 4x the number of cores, should be plenty of room for concurrency
 database_url = ENV["DATABASE_URL"]
 url = "#{database_url}?initial_pool_size=#{pool_size}&max_idle_pool_size=#{pool_size}"
 
diff --git a/frameworks/Crystal/amber/shard.lock b/frameworks/Crystal/amber/shard.lock
index 635edcb60c1..4fb6d6ef1e4 100644
--- a/frameworks/Crystal/amber/shard.lock
+++ b/frameworks/Crystal/amber/shard.lock
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ shards:
     git: https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-db.git
     version: 0.11.0
 
-  dotenv:
-    git: https://github.com/gdotdesign/cr-dotenv.git
-    version: 1.0.0
-
   exception_page:
     git: https://github.com/crystal-loot/exception_page.git
     version: 0.3.1
@@ -44,22 +40,10 @@ shards:
     git: https://github.com/amberframework/granite.git
     version: 0.23.3
 
-  i18n:
-    git: https://github.com/crimson-knight/i18n.cr.git
-    version: 0.4.1
-
-  ifrit:
-    git: https://github.com/imdrasil/ifrit.git
-    version: 0.1.3
-
   inflector:
     git: https://github.com/phoffer/inflector.cr.git
     version: 1.0.0
 
-  jennifer:
-    git: https://github.com/imdrasil/jennifer.cr.git
-    version: 0.13.0
-
   json_mapping:
     git: https://github.com/crystal-lang/json_mapping.cr.git
     version: 0.1.1
@@ -74,7 +58,7 @@ shards:
 
   micrate:
     git: https://github.com/amberframework/micrate.git
-    version: 0.15.0
+    version: 0.15.1
 
   mysql:
     git: https://github.com/crystal-lang/crystal-mysql.git
@@ -82,7 +66,7 @@ shards:
 
   optarg:
     git: https://github.com/amberframework/optarg.git
-    version: 0.9.3
+    version: 0.9.5
 
   pg:
     git: https://github.com/will/crystal-pg.git
@@ -96,10 +80,6 @@ shards:
     git: https://github.com/stefanwille/crystal-redis.git
     version: 2.8.3
 
-  sam:
-    git: https://github.com/imdrasil/sam.cr.git
-    version: 0.5.0
-
   shell-table:
     git: https://github.com/luckyframework/shell-table.cr.git
     version: 0.9.3
@@ -116,10 +96,6 @@ shards:
     git: https://github.com/amberframework/teeplate.git
     version: 0.11.2
 
-  wordsmith:
-    git: https://github.com/luckyframework/wordsmith.git
-    version: 0.4.0
-
   yaml_mapping:
     git: https://github.com/crystal-lang/yaml_mapping.cr.git
     version: 0.1.1
diff --git a/frameworks/Crystal/amber/shard.yml b/frameworks/Crystal/amber/shard.yml
index c48994d4d4e..4b75672f88d 100644
--- a/frameworks/Crystal/amber/shard.yml
+++ b/frameworks/Crystal/amber/shard.yml
@@ -15,26 +15,10 @@ dependencies:
     github: amberframework/amber
     version: 1.4.1
 
-  jennifer:
-    github: imdrasil/jennifer.cr
-    version: "~> 0.13.0"
-
-  sam:
-    github: imdrasil/sam.cr
-    version: 0.5.0
-
   pg:
     github: will/crystal-pg
     version: "= 0.26.0"
 
-  mysql:
-    github: crystal-lang/crystal-mysql
-    version: 0.14.0
-
-  dotenv:
-    github: gdotdesign/cr-dotenv
-    version: 1.0.0
-
   granite:
     github: amberframework/granite
     version: 0.23.3