diff --git a/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/ZClient.scala b/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/ZClient.scala
index 8d5fb02960..e1bc3a484b 100644
--- a/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/ZClient.scala
+++ b/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/ZClient.scala
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ object ZClient {
       localAddress = None,
       addUserAgentHeader = true,
       webSocketConfig = WebSocketConfig.default,
-      idleTimeout = None,
+      idleTimeout = Some(50.seconds),
       connectionTimeout = None,
     )
   }