diff --git a/3DPARTY.md b/3DPARTY.md
index ec5deb520..6a07dce93 100644
--- a/3DPARTY.md
+++ b/3DPARTY.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ## Third-party
 
 - @aws-sdk/client-s3 3.637.0 ([Apache-2.0](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aws/aws-sdk-js-v3/main/LICENSE))
+- @aws-sdk/node-http-handler 3.374.0 ([Apache-2.0](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aws/aws-sdk-js-v3/main/LICENSE))
 - @aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner 3.370.0 ([Apache-2.0](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aws/aws-sdk-js-v3/main/LICENSE))
 - amqplib 0.8.0 ([MIT](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amqp-node/amqplib/main/LICENSE))
 - co 4.6.0 ([MIT](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tj/co/master/LICENSE))
diff --git a/Common/npm-shrinkwrap.json b/Common/npm-shrinkwrap.json
index 8bd271bec..018e87c8f 100644
--- a/Common/npm-shrinkwrap.json
+++ b/Common/npm-shrinkwrap.json
@@ -2771,6 +2771,15 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "@aws-sdk/node-http-handler": {
+      "version": "3.374.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@aws-sdk/node-http-handler/-/node-http-handler-3.374.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-v1Z6m0wwkf65/tKuhwrtPRqVoOtNkDTRn2MBMtxCwEw+8V8Q+YRFqVgGN+J1n53ktE0G5OYVBux/NHiAjJHReQ==",
+      "requires": {
+        "@smithy/node-http-handler": "^1.0.2",
+        "tslib": "^2.5.0"
+      }
+    },
     "@aws-sdk/region-config-resolver": {
       "version": "3.614.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@aws-sdk/region-config-resolver/-/region-config-resolver-3.614.0.tgz",
diff --git a/Common/package.json b/Common/package.json
index b26a50ae8..85f536c3f 100644
--- a/Common/package.json
+++ b/Common/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "3.637.0",
+    "@aws-sdk/node-http-handler": "3.374.0",
     "@aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner": "3.370.0",
     "amqplib": "0.8.0",
     "co": "4.6.0",
diff --git a/Common/sources/storage-s3.js b/Common/sources/storage-s3.js
index 603cb2b60..07ae0c67e 100644
--- a/Common/sources/storage-s3.js
+++ b/Common/sources/storage-s3.js
@@ -33,11 +33,13 @@
 'use strict';
 const fs = require('fs');
 const url = require('url');
+const { Agent } = require('https');
 const path = require('path');
 const { S3Client, ListObjectsCommand, HeadObjectCommand} = require("@aws-sdk/client-s3");
 const { GetObjectCommand, PutObjectCommand, CopyObjectCommand} = require("@aws-sdk/client-s3");
 const { DeleteObjectsCommand, DeleteObjectCommand } = require("@aws-sdk/client-s3");
 const { getSignedUrl } = require("@aws-sdk/s3-request-presigner");
+const { NodeHttpHandler } = require("@aws-sdk/node-http-handler");
 const mime = require('mime');
 const config = require('config');
 const utils = require('./utils');
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ const ms = require('ms');
 const commonDefines = require('./../../Common/sources/commondefines');
 
 const cfgExpSessionAbsolute = ms(config.get('services.CoAuthoring.expire.sessionabsolute'));
+const cfgRequestDefaults = config.get('services.CoAuthoring.requestDefaults');
 
 //This operation enables you to delete multiple objects from a bucket using a single HTTP request. You may specify up to 1000 keys.
 const MAX_DELETE_OBJECTS = 1000;
@@ -71,6 +74,12 @@ function getS3Client(storageCfg) {
     configS3.tls = storageCfg.sslEnabled;
     configS3.forcePathStyle = storageCfg.s3ForcePathStyle;
   }
+  //todo dedicated options?
+  const agent = new Agent(cfgRequestDefaults);
+  configS3.requestHandler = new NodeHttpHandler({
+    httpAgent: agent,
+    httpsAgent: agent
+  });
   let configJson = JSON.stringify(configS3);
   let client = clients[configJson];
   if (!client) {