diff --git a/src/dispatching/update_listeners.rs b/src/dispatching/update_listeners.rs
index 840ea90a..66c72b67 100644
--- a/src/dispatching/update_listeners.rs
+++ b/src/dispatching/update_listeners.rs
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ pub trait UpdateListener<E>: Stream<Item = Result<Update, E>> {
 }
 impl<S, E> UpdateListener<E> for S where S: Stream<Item = Result<Update, E>> {}
 
-/// Returns a long polling update listener with `timeout` of 1 minute.
+/// Returns a long polling update listener with `timeout` of 10 seconds.
 ///
 /// See also: [`polling`](polling).
 pub fn polling_default(bot: Arc<Bot>) -> impl UpdateListener<RequestError> {
-    polling(bot, Some(Duration::from_secs(60)), None, None)
+    polling(bot, Some(Duration::from_secs(10)), None, None)
 }
 
 /// Returns a long/short polling update listener with some additional options.
diff --git a/src/net/request.rs b/src/net/request.rs
index 9f8d7069..171f923e 100644
--- a/src/net/request.rs
+++ b/src/net/request.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Serialize};
 use crate::{requests::ResponseResult, RequestError};
 
 use super::{TelegramResponse, TELEGRAM_API_URL};
+use reqwest::header::CONNECTION;
 
 pub async fn request_multipart<T>(
     client: &Client,
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ where
 {
     let response = client
         .post(&super::method_url(TELEGRAM_API_URL, token, method_name))
+        .header(CONNECTION, "keep-alive")
         .multipart(params)
         .send()
         .await
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ where
 {
     let response = client
         .post(&super::method_url(TELEGRAM_API_URL, token, method_name))
+        .header(CONNECTION, "keep-alive")
         .json(params)
         .send()
         .await