diff --git a/src/main/java/com/firebolt/jdbc/client/config/RetryInterceptor.java b/src/main/java/com/firebolt/jdbc/client/config/RetryInterceptor.java
index e01f31b28..3494adbf3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/firebolt/jdbc/client/config/RetryInterceptor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/firebolt/jdbc/client/config/RetryInterceptor.java
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ public Response intercept(@NotNull Chain chain) throws IOException {
             log.warn("Failure #{} - Response code: {}. Retrying to send the request.",
                     tryCount, response.code());
             // retry the request
-            response = chain.call().clone().execute();
+            response.close();
+            response = chain.proceed(request);
         }
 
         return response;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/firebolt/jdbc/client/config/RetryInterceptorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/firebolt/jdbc/client/config/RetryInterceptorTest.java
index 7eeb16926..f57ec2506 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/firebolt/jdbc/client/config/RetryInterceptorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/firebolt/jdbc/client/config/RetryInterceptorTest.java
@@ -25,17 +25,16 @@ void shouldRetryOnRetryableResponseCode(int arg) throws IOException {
         Interceptor.Chain chain = mock(Interceptor.Chain.class);
         Response response = mock(Response.class);
         Call call = mock(Call.class);
+        Request request = mock(Request.class);
 
-        when(chain.request()).thenReturn(mock(Request.class));
+        when(chain.request()).thenReturn(request);
         when(chain.proceed(any(Request.class))).thenReturn(response);
         when(response.isSuccessful()).thenReturn(false);
         when(response.code()).thenReturn(arg);
         when(chain.call()).thenReturn(call);
-        when(call.clone()).thenReturn(call);
-        when(call.execute()).thenReturn(response);
 
         retryInterceptor.intercept(chain);
-        verify(call, times(retries)).execute();
+        verify(chain, times(1 + retries)).proceed(request);
     }
 
     @Test