diff --git a/collector/service.go b/collector/service.go
index 330766bd4..78f63ce32 100644
--- a/collector/service.go
+++ b/collector/service.go
@@ -166,13 +166,15 @@ func NewService(opts *ServiceOpts) (*Service, error) {
 
 	remoteClient, err := promremote.NewClient(
 		promremote.ClientOpts{
-			Timeout:               30 * time.Second,
+			Timeout:               10 * time.Second,
 			InsecureSkipVerify:    opts.InsecureSkipVerify,
 			Close:                 false,
-			MaxIdleConnsPerHost:   2,
+			MaxIdleConnsPerHost:   1,
 			MaxConnsPerHost:       5,
-			MaxIdleConns:          2,
-			ResponseHeaderTimeout: 30 * time.Second,
+			MaxIdleConns:          1,
+			ResponseHeaderTimeout: 10 * time.Second,
+			DisableHTTP2:          true,
+			DisableKeepAlives:     true,
 		})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create prometheus remote client: %w", err)
diff --git a/pkg/promremote/client.go b/pkg/promremote/client.go
index 68659dbc8..04c799183 100644
--- a/pkg/promremote/client.go
+++ b/pkg/promremote/client.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package promremote
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
@@ -48,6 +49,12 @@ type ClientOpts struct {
 	// TLSHandshakeTimeout specifies the maximum amount of time to
 	// wait for a TLS handshake. Zero means no timeout.
 	TLSHandshakeTimeout time.Duration
+
+	// DisableHTTP2 controls whether the client disables HTTP/2 support.
+	DisableHTTP2 bool
+
+	// DisableKeepAlives controls whether the client disables HTTP keep-alives.
+	DisableKeepAlives bool
 }
 
 func (c ClientOpts) WithDefaults() ClientOpts {
@@ -90,6 +97,14 @@ func NewClient(opts ClientOpts) (*Client, error) {
 	t.IdleConnTimeout = opts.IdleConnTimeout
 	t.TLSClientConfig.InsecureSkipVerify = opts.InsecureSkipVerify
 	t.TLSHandshakeTimeout = opts.TLSHandshakeTimeout
+	t.DisableKeepAlives = opts.DisableKeepAlives
+
+	if opts.DisableHTTP2 {
+		t.ForceAttemptHTTP2 = false
+		t.TLSNextProto = make(map[string]func(authority string, c *tls.Conn) http.RoundTripper)
+		t.TLSClientConfig = &tls.Config{}
+		t.TLSClientConfig.NextProtos = []string{"http/1.1"}
+	}
 
 	httpClient := &http.Client{
 		Timeout:   opts.Timeout,