diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/io/mocks/output_reader.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/io/mocks/output_reader.go
index 285a79dad9..7120063ceb 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/io/mocks/output_reader.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/io/mocks/output_reader.go
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ package mocks
 import (
 	context "context"
 
-	core "github.com/flyteorg/flyteidl/gen/pb-go/flyteidl/core"
 	io "github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery/io"
+	core "github.com/flyteorg/flyteidl/gen/pb-go/flyteidl/core"
 
 	mock "github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
 )
diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/webapi/agent/config.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/webapi/agent/config.go
index a0014e9627..a25b28891c 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/webapi/agent/config.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/webapi/agent/config.go
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ var (
 			Endpoint:       "dns:///flyteagent.flyte.svc.cluster.local:80",
 			Insecure:       true,
 			DefaultTimeout: config.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
+			KeepAliveParameters: &KeepAliveParameters{
+				Time:                config.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
+				Timeout:             config.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
+				PermitWithoutStream: true,
+			},
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -67,6 +72,22 @@ type Config struct {
 	AgentForTaskTypes map[string]string `json:"agentForTaskTypes" pflag:"-,"`
 }
 
+// KeepAliveParameters defines keepalive parameters on the client-side. For more details, check https://pkg.go.dev/google.golang.org/grpc/keepalive#ClientParameters
+type KeepAliveParameters struct {
+	// After a duration of this time if the client doesn't see any activity it
+	// pings the server to see if the transport is still alive.
+	// If set below 10s, a minimum value of 10s will be used instead.
+	Time config.Duration `json:"time"`
+	// After having pinged for keepalive check, the client waits for a duration
+	// of Timeout and if no activity is seen even after that the connection is
+	// closed.
+	Timeout config.Duration `json:"timeout"`
+	// If true, client sends keepalive pings even with no active RPCs. If false,
+	// when there are no active RPCs, Time and Timeout will be ignored and no
+	// keepalive pings will be sent.
+	PermitWithoutStream bool `json:"permitWithoutStream"`
+}
+
 type Agent struct {
 	// Endpoint points to an agent gRPC endpoint
 	Endpoint string `json:"endpoint"`
@@ -82,6 +103,9 @@ type Agent struct {
 
 	// DefaultTimeout gives the default RPC timeout if a more specific one is not defined in Timeouts; if neither DefaultTimeout nor Timeouts is defined for an operation, RPC timeout will not be enforced
 	DefaultTimeout config.Duration `json:"defaultTimeout"`
+
+	// KeepAliveParameters defines keepalive parameters for the gRPC client
+	KeepAliveParameters *KeepAliveParameters `json:"keepAliveParameters"`
 }
 
 func GetConfig() *Config {
diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/webapi/agent/config_test.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/webapi/agent/config_test.go
index b110897a47..b52b37ad6a 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/webapi/agent/config_test.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/webapi/agent/config_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ func TestGetAndSetConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	cfg.DefaultAgent.DefaultTimeout = config.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second}
+	cfg.DefaultAgent.KeepAliveParameters = &KeepAliveParameters{
+		Time:                config.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second},
+		Timeout:             config.Duration{Duration: 5 * time.Second},
+		PermitWithoutStream: true,
+	}
 	cfg.Agents = map[string]*Agent{
 		"agent_1": {
 			Insecure:             cfg.DefaultAgent.Insecure,
diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/webapi/agent/plugin.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/webapi/agent/plugin.go
index 9713ba90f3..aaf9827fe5 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/webapi/agent/plugin.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/webapi/agent/plugin.go
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flyteidl/gen/pb-go/flyteidl/admin"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/insecure"
-
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/grpclog"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/keepalive"
 
 	pluginErrors "github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flyteplugins/go/tasks/errors"
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flyte/flyteplugins/go/tasks/pluginmachinery"
@@ -247,6 +247,15 @@ func getClientFunc(ctx context.Context, agent *Agent, connectionCache map[*Agent
 		opts = append(opts, grpc.WithDefaultServiceConfig(agent.DefaultServiceConfig))
 	}
 
+	if agent.KeepAliveParameters != nil {
+
+		opts = append(opts, grpc.WithKeepaliveParams(keepalive.ClientParameters{
+			Time:                agent.KeepAliveParameters.Time.Duration,
+			Timeout:             agent.KeepAliveParameters.Timeout.Duration,
+			PermitWithoutStream: agent.KeepAliveParameters.PermitWithoutStream,
+		}))
+	}
+
 	var err error
 	conn, err = grpc.Dial(agent.Endpoint, opts...)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/webapi/agent/plugin_test.go b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/webapi/agent/plugin_test.go
index 24e93bf1c8..692c7c9d69 100644
--- a/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/webapi/agent/plugin_test.go
+++ b/flyteplugins/go/tasks/plugins/webapi/agent/plugin_test.go
@@ -65,7 +65,12 @@ func TestPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("test getClientFunc more config", func(t *testing.T) {
-		client, err := getClientFunc(context.Background(), &Agent{Endpoint: "localhost:80", Insecure: true, DefaultServiceConfig: "{\"loadBalancingConfig\": [{\"round_robin\":{}}]}"}, map[*Agent]*grpc.ClientConn{})
+		client, err := getClientFunc(context.Background(), &Agent{
+			Endpoint:             "localhost:80",
+			Insecure:             true,
+			DefaultServiceConfig: "{\"loadBalancingConfig\": [{\"round_robin\":{}}]}",
+			KeepAliveParameters:  &KeepAliveParameters{Time: config.Duration{Duration: 10 * time.Second}}},
+			map[*Agent]*grpc.ClientConn{})
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.NotNil(t, client)
 	})