diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c1ae8c7c..c5beaa89 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/cloudfoundry/bosh-utils
 
-go 1.23.0
+go 1.21.0
 
 require (
 	code.cloudfoundry.org/clock v1.0.0
diff --git a/httpclient/default_http_clients.go b/httpclient/default_http_clients.go
index bc653d61..cc9b8d9a 100644
--- a/httpclient/default_http_clients.go
+++ b/httpclient/default_http_clients.go
@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@ import (
 var (
 	DefaultClient            = CreateDefaultClientInsecureSkipVerify()
 	defaultDialerContextFunc = SOCKS5DialContextFuncFromEnvironment((&net.Dialer{
-		Timeout: 30 * time.Second,
-		KeepAliveConfig: net.KeepAliveConfig{
-			Enable:   true,
-			Interval: 30 * time.Second,
-		},
+		Timeout:   30 * time.Second,
+		KeepAlive: 30 * time.Second,
 	}), proxy.NewSocks5Proxy(proxy.NewHostKey(), log.New(io.Discard, "", log.LstdFlags), 1*time.Minute))
 )
 
@@ -59,11 +56,8 @@ func CreateDefaultClientInsecureSkipVerify() *http.Client {
 
 func ResetDialerContext() {
 	defaultDialerContextFunc = SOCKS5DialContextFuncFromEnvironment((&net.Dialer{
-		Timeout: 30 * time.Second,
-		KeepAliveConfig: net.KeepAliveConfig{
-			Enable:   true,
-			Interval: 30 * time.Second,
-		},
+		Timeout:   30 * time.Second,
+		KeepAlive: 30 * time.Second,
 	}), proxy.NewSocks5Proxy(proxy.NewHostKey(), log.New(io.Discard, "", log.LstdFlags), 1*time.Minute))
 }