diff --git a/lib/stream-chat/client.rb b/lib/stream-chat/client.rb
index 8df1bc6..d4970ef 100644
--- a/lib/stream-chat/client.rb
+++ b/lib/stream-chat/client.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 require 'open-uri'
 require 'faraday'
 require 'faraday/multipart'
+require 'faraday/net_http_persistent'
 require 'jwt'
 require 'time'
 require 'stream-chat/channel'
@@ -46,7 +47,10 @@ def initialize(api_key = '', api_secret = '', timeout = 6.0, **options)
         faraday.options[:open_timeout] = @timeout
         faraday.options[:timeout] = @timeout
         faraday.request :multipart
-        faraday.adapter :net_http
+        faraday.adapter :net_http_persistent, pool_size: 5 do |http|
+          # AWS load balancer idle timeout is 60 secs, so let's make it 59
+          http.idle_timeout = 59
+        end
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/stream-chat.gemspec b/stream-chat.gemspec
index 75c2947..4b4d4a1 100644
--- a/stream-chat.gemspec
+++ b/stream-chat.gemspec
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
 
   gem.add_dependency 'faraday'
   gem.add_dependency 'faraday-multipart'
+  gem.add_dependency 'faraday-net_http_persistent'
+  gem.add_dependency 'net-http-persistent'
   gem.add_dependency 'jwt'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rake'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rspec'