diff --git a/src/node/BrowserFetcher.ts b/src/node/BrowserFetcher.ts
index 01140df4c487b..d7a41f049366f 100644
--- a/src/node/BrowserFetcher.ts
+++ b/src/node/BrowserFetcher.ts
@@ -571,11 +571,15 @@ function httpRequest(
     method?: string;
     agent?: HttpsProxyAgent;
     rejectUnauthorized?: boolean;
+    headers?: http.OutgoingHttpHeaders | undefined;
   };
 
   let options: Options = {
     ...urlParsed,
     method,
+    headers: {
+      Connection: 'keep-alive',
+    },
   };
 
   const proxyURL = getProxyForUrl(url);