diff --git a/internal/toxiproxy/client.go b/internal/toxiproxy/client.go
index e916bcbcac..a30557048b 100644
--- a/internal/toxiproxy/client.go
+++ b/internal/toxiproxy/client.go
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ func NewClient(endpoint string) *Client {
 					KeepAlive: 30 * time.Second,
 				}).DialContext,
 				ForceAttemptHTTP2:     true,
-				MaxIdleConns:          100,
+				MaxIdleConns:          -1,
+				DisableKeepAlives:     true,
 				IdleConnTimeout:       90 * time.Second,
 				TLSHandshakeTimeout:   10 * time.Second,
 				ExpectContinueTimeout: 1 * time.Second,