diff --git a/datadog/fwprovider/framework_provider.go b/datadog/fwprovider/framework_provider.go
index f7e4c8685e..9e47430a95 100644
--- a/datadog/fwprovider/framework_provider.go
+++ b/datadog/fwprovider/framework_provider.go
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ func defaultConfigureFunc(p *FrameworkProvider, request *provider.ConfigureReque
 		}
 	}
 
+	ddClientConfig.HTTPClient = utils.NewHTTPClient()
 	datadogClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(ddClientConfig)
 
 	p.DatadogApiInstances = &utils.ApiInstances{HttpClient: datadogClient}
diff --git a/datadog/internal/utils/utils.go b/datadog/internal/utils/utils.go
index 7d96e2afa3..125265cb6c 100644
--- a/datadog/internal/utils/utils.go
+++ b/datadog/internal/utils/utils.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
 	frameworkDiag "github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/diag"
@@ -81,6 +82,30 @@ type Resource interface {
 	GetOk(string) (interface{}, bool)
 }
 
+// NewTransport returns new transport with default values borrowed from http.DefaultTransport
+func NewTransport() *http.Transport {
+	return &http.Transport{
+		// Default values copied from http.DefaultTransport
+		Proxy: http.ProxyFromEnvironment,
+		DialContext: (&net.Dialer{
+			Timeout:   30 * time.Second,
+			KeepAlive: 30 * time.Second,
+		}).DialContext,
+		ForceAttemptHTTP2:     true,
+		MaxIdleConns:          100,
+		IdleConnTimeout:       45 * time.Second, // Reduced idle connection timeout from default of 90s
+		TLSHandshakeTimeout:   10 * time.Second,
+		ExpectContinueTimeout: 1 * time.Second,
+	}
+}
+
+// NewHTTPClient returns new http.Client
+func NewHTTPClient() *http.Client {
+	return &http.Client{
+		Transport: NewTransport(),
+	}
+}
+
 // FrameworkErrorDiag return error diag
 func FrameworkErrorDiag(err error, msg string) frameworkDiag.ErrorDiagnostic {
 	var summary string
diff --git a/datadog/provider.go b/datadog/provider.go
index 23bbcba18b..1d84244fbf 100644
--- a/datadog/provider.go
+++ b/datadog/provider.go
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ func providerConfigure(ctx context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData) (interface{}
 		})
 	}
 
+	config.HTTPClient = utils.NewHTTPClient()
 	datadogClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(config)
 	apiInstances := &utils.ApiInstances{HttpClient: datadogClient}
 	if validate {