diff --git a/docker-java-transport-httpclient5/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/httpclient5/ApacheDockerHttpClientImpl.java b/docker-java-transport-httpclient5/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/httpclient5/ApacheDockerHttpClientImpl.java
index aaafd3d58..468786295 100644
--- a/docker-java-transport-httpclient5/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/httpclient5/ApacheDockerHttpClientImpl.java
+++ b/docker-java-transport-httpclient5/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/httpclient5/ApacheDockerHttpClientImpl.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.protocol.BasicHttpContext;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.protocol.HttpContext;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.net.URIAuthority;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.util.TimeValue;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.util.Timeout;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ protected ApacheDockerHttpClientImpl(
                 .setSoTimeout(Timeout.ZERO_MILLISECONDS)
                 .build()
         );
+        connectionManager.setValidateAfterInactivity(TimeValue.NEG_ONE_SECOND);
         connectionManager.setMaxTotal(maxConnections);
         connectionManager.setDefaultMaxPerRoute(maxConnections);
         RequestConfig.Builder defaultRequest = RequestConfig.custom();