diff --git a/http/httpclient/client.go b/http/httpclient/client.go
index da2ce9905..3be20c33a 100644
--- a/http/httpclient/client.go
+++ b/http/httpclient/client.go
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ func (jc *HttpClient) createReq(method, url string, content []byte) (req *http.R
 
 func (jc *HttpClient) doRequest(req *http.Request, content []byte, followRedirect bool, closeBody bool, httpClientsDetails httputils.HttpClientDetails) (resp *http.Response, respBody []byte, redirectUrl string, err error) {
 	log.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("Sending HTTP %s request to: %s", req.Method, req.URL))
-	req.Close = true
 	setAuthentication(req, httpClientsDetails)
 	addUserAgentHeader(req)
 	copyHeaders(httpClientsDetails, req)
@@ -338,7 +337,6 @@ func (jc *HttpClient) UploadFileFromReader(reader io.Reader, url string, httpCli
 		return
 	}
 	req.ContentLength = size
-	req.Close = true
 
 	setRequestHeaders(httpClientsDetails, size, req)
 	setAuthentication(req, httpClientsDetails)
diff --git a/http/httpclient/clientBuilder.go b/http/httpclient/clientBuilder.go
index ff4d138fb..73db9053d 100644
--- a/http/httpclient/clientBuilder.go
+++ b/http/httpclient/clientBuilder.go
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ func (builder *httpClientBuilder) createDefaultHttpTransport() *http.Transport {
 			KeepAlive: 20 * time.Second,
 			DualStack: true,
 		}).DialContext,
+		ForceAttemptHTTP2:     true,
 		MaxIdleConns:          100,
+		MaxIdleConnsPerHost:   6, // Increased from default (2) to common default (6) of main web browsers to improve performance when making multiple requests to the same host.
 		IdleConnTimeout:       90 * time.Second,
 		TLSHandshakeTimeout:   10 * time.Second,
 		ExpectContinueTimeout: 1 * time.Second,