diff --git a/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/datamodels/pools.py b/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/datamodels/pools.py
index 1cc3838b23912..137392094cb5d 100644
--- a/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/datamodels/pools.py
+++ b/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/datamodels/pools.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 from typing import Annotated, Callable
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel, BeforeValidator, ConfigDict, Field, field_validator
+from pydantic import BaseModel, BeforeValidator, ConfigDict, Field
 
 
 def _call_function(function: Callable[[], int]) -> int:
@@ -81,16 +81,3 @@ class PoolPostBulkBody(BaseModel):
     """Pools serializer for post bodies."""
 
     pools: list[PoolPostBody]
-
-    @field_validator("pools", mode="after")
-    def validate_pools(cls, v: list[PoolPostBody]) -> list[PoolPostBody]:
-        pool_set = set()
-        duplicates = []
-        for pool in v:
-            if pool.pool in pool_set:
-                duplicates.append(pool.pool)
-            else:
-                pool_set.add(pool.pool)
-        if duplicates:
-            raise ValueError(f"Pool name should be unique, found duplicates: {duplicates}")
-        return v
diff --git a/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/public/pools.py b/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/public/pools.py
index b485fce47cf72..2a39cf1a82597 100644
--- a/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/public/pools.py
+++ b/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/public/pools.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 from fastapi.exceptions import RequestValidationError
 from pydantic import ValidationError
 from sqlalchemy import delete, select
+from sqlalchemy.exc import IntegrityError
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 
 from airflow.api_fastapi.common.db.common import get_session, paginated_select
@@ -173,12 +174,14 @@ def post_pool(
     session: Annotated[Session, Depends(get_session)],
 ) -> PoolResponse:
     """Create a Pool."""
-    pool = session.scalar(select(Pool).where(Pool.pool == body.pool))
-    if pool is not None:
-        raise HTTPException(status.HTTP_409_CONFLICT, f"Pool with name: `{body.pool}` already exists")
     pool = Pool(**body.model_dump())
 
     session.add(pool)
+    try:
+        session.commit()
+    except IntegrityError:
+        session.rollback()
+        raise HTTPException(status.HTTP_409_CONFLICT, f"Pool with name: `{body.pool}` already exists")
 
     return PoolResponse.model_validate(pool, from_attributes=True)
 
@@ -197,18 +200,17 @@ def post_pools(
     session: Annotated[Session, Depends(get_session)],
 ) -> PoolCollectionResponse:
     """Create multiple pools."""
-    # Check if any of the pools already exists
-    pools_names = [pool.pool for pool in body.pools]
-    existing_pools = session.scalars(select(Pool.pool).where(Pool.pool.in_(pools_names))).all()
-    if existing_pools:
+    pools = [Pool(**body.model_dump()) for body in body.pools]
+    session.add_all(pools)
+    try:
+        session.commit()
+    except IntegrityError as e:
+        session.rollback()
         raise HTTPException(
             status.HTTP_409_CONFLICT,
-            detail=f"Pools with names: `{existing_pools}` already exist",
+            detail=f"One or more pools already exists. Error: {e}",
         )
 
-    pools = [Pool(**body.model_dump()) for body in body.pools]
-    session.add_all(pools)
-
     return PoolCollectionResponse(
         pools=[PoolResponse.model_validate(pool, from_attributes=True) for pool in pools],
         total_entries=len(pools),
diff --git a/tests/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/public/test_pools.py b/tests/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/public/test_pools.py
index eb56d50b7e33a..c74421a900f41 100644
--- a/tests/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/public/test_pools.py
+++ b/tests/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/public/test_pools.py
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ def _create_pool_in_test(
         response = test_client.post("/public/pools/", json=body)
         assert response.status_code == expected_status_code
 
-        body = response.json()
         assert response.json() == expected_response
         if check_count:
             assert session.query(Pool).count() == n_pools + 1
@@ -464,16 +463,8 @@ class TestPostPools(TestPoolsEndpoint):
                         {"name": "my_pool", "slots": 12},
                     ]
                 },
-                422,
-                {
-                    "detail": [
-                        {
-                            "loc": ["body", "pools"],
-                            "msg": "Value error, Pool name should be unique, found duplicates: ['my_pool']",
-                            "type": "value_error",
-                        }
-                    ]
-                },
+                409,
+                {},
             ),
         ],
     )
@@ -485,11 +476,7 @@ def test_post_pools(self, test_client, session, body, expected_status_code, expe
         response_json = response.json()
         if expected_status_code == 201:
             assert response_json == expected_response
-        elif expected_status_code == 422:
-            assert response_json["detail"][0]["loc"] == expected_response["detail"][0]["loc"]
-            assert response_json["detail"][0]["msg"] == expected_response["detail"][0]["msg"]
-            assert response_json["detail"][0]["type"] == expected_response["detail"][0]["type"]
-        if expected_status_code == 201:
             assert session.query(Pool).count() == n_pools + 2
         else:
+            # since different database backend return different error messages, we just check the status code
             assert session.query(Pool).count() == n_pools