diff --git a/clients/javascript/lib/baseClient.ts b/clients/javascript/lib/baseClient.ts
index 14b42c19..b26eeb8d 100644
--- a/clients/javascript/lib/baseClient.ts
+++ b/clients/javascript/lib/baseClient.ts
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ import {
   sanitizeErrorData,
 } from './helpers/errors'
 import type cacheableLookupType from 'cacheable-lookup'
-import type httpsType from 'node:https'
-import type httpType from 'node:http'
+import type * as agentkeepaliveModuleType from 'agentkeepalive'
 
 /**
  * Configuration for the keep alive feature
@@ -40,10 +39,6 @@ export type KeepAliveConfig = {
    * Maximum number of free sockets to keep alive
    */
   maxFreeSockets?: number
-  /**
-   * Keep alive milliseconds (how long to keep the connection alive)
-   */
-  keepAliveMsecs?: number
 }
 
 /**
@@ -419,13 +414,15 @@ export const createAxiosInstanceBackend = async (
 
     if (args.baseUrl.startsWith('https')) {
       // Import the module here to avoid loading this module in the browser
-      const https: typeof httpsType = require('node:https')
+      const agentkeepalive: typeof agentkeepaliveModuleType = require('agentkeepalive')
       // Default values are what we evaluated to be good for our load
-      const httpsAgent = new https.Agent({
+      const httpsAgent = new agentkeepalive.HttpsAgent({
         keepAlive: true,
         maxSockets: args.keepAlive.maxSockets ?? 75,
         maxFreeSockets: args.keepAlive.maxFreeSockets ?? 10,
-        keepAliveMsecs: args.keepAlive.keepAliveMsecs ?? 60000,
+        freeSocketTimeout: 15000, // closes idle connections after 15s
+        socketActiveTTL: 600000, // force recycle even active sockets after 10min
+        timeout: 60000, // timeout after 1min
       })
 
       if (args.keepAlive.useCacheableLookupDNS) {
@@ -434,13 +431,15 @@ export const createAxiosInstanceBackend = async (
       config.httpsAgent = httpsAgent
     } else {
       // Import the module here to avoid loading this module in the browser
-      const http: typeof httpType = require('node:http')
+      const agentkeepalive: typeof agentkeepaliveModuleType = require('agentkeepalive')
       // Default values are what we evaluated to be good for our load
-      const httpAgent = new http.Agent({
+      const httpAgent = new agentkeepalive.HttpAgent({
         keepAlive: true,
         maxSockets: args.keepAlive.maxSockets ?? 75,
         maxFreeSockets: args.keepAlive.maxFreeSockets ?? 10,
-        keepAliveMsecs: args.keepAlive.keepAliveMsecs ?? 60000,
+        freeSocketTimeout: 15000, // closes idle connections after 15s
+        socketActiveTTL: 600000, // force recycle even active sockets after 10min
+        timeout: 60000, // timeout after 1min
       })
 
       if (args.keepAlive.useCacheableLookupDNS) {
diff --git a/clients/javascript/package.json b/clients/javascript/package.json
index aeb06aab..27e29e24 100644
--- a/clients/javascript/package.json
+++ b/clients/javascript/package.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
   "author": "",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
+    "agentkeepalive": "4.6.0",
     "axios": "1.12.2",
     "axios-retry": "4.5.0",
     "cacheable-lookup": "^6.1.0",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index d2d07d9b..b5604c52 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ importers:
 
   clients/javascript:
     dependencies:
+      agentkeepalive:
+        specifier: 4.6.0
+        version: 4.6.0
       axios:
         specifier: 1.12.2
         version: 1.12.2
@@ -892,6 +895,10 @@ packages:
     engines: {node: '>=0.4.0'}
     hasBin: true
 
+  agentkeepalive@4.6.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-kja8j7PjmncONqaTsB8fQ+wE2mSU2DJ9D4XKoJ5PFWIdRMa6SLSN1ff4mOr4jCbfRSsxR4keIiySJU0N9T5hIQ==}
+    engines: {node: '>= 8.0.0'}
+
   ansi-escapes@4.3.2:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-gKXj5ALrKWQLsYG9jlTRmR/xKluxHV+Z9QEwNIgCfM1/uwPMCuzVVnh5mwTd+OuBZcwSIMbqssNWRm1lE51QaQ==}
     engines: {node: '>=8'}
@@ -1329,6 +1336,9 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-B4FFZ6q/T2jhhksgkbEW3HBvWIfDW85snkQgawt07S7J5QXTk6BkNV+0yAeZrM5QpMAdYlocGoljn0sJ/WQkFw==}
     engines: {node: '>=10.17.0'}
 
+  humanize-ms@1.2.1:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-Fl70vYtsAFb/C06PTS9dZBo7ihau+Tu/DNCk/OyHhea07S+aeMWpFFkUaXRa8fI+ScZbEI8dfSxwY7gxZ9SAVQ==}
+
   import-local@3.2.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-2SPlun1JUPWoM6t3F0dw0FkCF/jWY8kttcY4f599GLTSjh2OCuuhdTkJQsEcZzBqbXZGKMK2OqW1oZsjtf/gQA==}
     engines: {node: '>=8'}
@@ -3002,6 +3012,10 @@ snapshots:
 
   acorn@8.15.0: {}
 
+  agentkeepalive@4.6.0:
+    dependencies:
+      humanize-ms: 1.2.1
+
   ansi-escapes@4.3.2:
     dependencies:
       type-fest: 0.21.3
@@ -3456,6 +3470,10 @@ snapshots:
 
   human-signals@2.1.0: {}
 
+  humanize-ms@1.2.1:
+    dependencies:
+      ms: 2.1.3
+
   import-local@3.2.0:
     dependencies:
       pkg-dir: 4.2.0