diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 810352c..1536c1a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Release Notes
 =============
 
+Version 1.2.0
+-------------
+
+Released 2018-08-29
+
+* Discards clients from the pool on ConnectionError
+
 Version 1.1.0
 -------------
 
diff --git a/nameko_salesforce/api/client.py b/nameko_salesforce/api/client.py
index 8e3bc0f..8d647a0 100644
--- a/nameko_salesforce/api/client.py
+++ b/nameko_salesforce/api/client.py
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ class MethodProxy(object):
     Fetches and then invokes a method from a client that is checked out of
     a pool. If the method raises a `SalesforceExpiredSession` the client is
     discarded from the pool and the method is retried on a new client.
+    If `ConnectionError` is raised, the client will be discarded, but the
+    method not automatically retried.
 
     `Salesforce` clients support querying directly with the client
     and via a "resource" attribute, so the method may be on the client
@@ -53,7 +55,10 @@ def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             try:
                 method = self.get_method_ref(client)
                 return method(*args, **kwargs)
-            except simple_salesforce.SalesforceExpiredSession:
+            except (
+                simple_salesforce.SalesforceExpiredSession,
+                requests.exceptions.ConnectionError
+            ):
                 self.pool.discard(client)
                 raise
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5c1a951..a539b71 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='nameko-salesforce',
-    version='1.1.0',
+    version='1.2.0',
     description=(
         'Nameko extension for easy communication with Salesforce '
         '(Including Streaming API)'
diff --git a/tests/api/test_client.py b/tests/api/test_client.py
index 67eb151..215e4c4 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/api/test_client.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from eventlet.event import Event
 from mock import patch
 import pytest
+import requests
 import requests_mock
 from simple_salesforce import SalesforceResourceNotFound
 
@@ -156,6 +157,39 @@ def test_bad_clients_are_discarded(client, mock_salesforce_server):
     assert len(client.pool.free) == 1
 
 
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures('fast_retry')
+def test_bad_connections_are_discarded(client, mock_salesforce_server):
+
+    # first call is successful; second is ConnectionError
+    requests_data = {'LastName': 'Smith', 'Email': 'example@example.com'}
+    response_data = {
+        'errors': [],
+        'id': '003e0000003GuNXAA0',
+        'success': True
+    }
+    mock_salesforce_server.post(
+        requests_mock.ANY,
+        [
+            {'json': response_data},
+            {'exc': requests.exceptions.ConnectionError}
+        ]
+    )
+
+    assert client.Contact.create(requests_data) == response_data
+
+    assert len(client.pool.busy) == 0
+    assert len(client.pool.free) == 1
+    _first_client = list(client.pool.free)[0]
+
+    with pytest.raises(requests.exceptions.ConnectionError):
+        client.Contact.create(requests_data)
+
+    # first client is discarded from the pool
+    assert _first_client not in client.pool.free
+    assert len(client.pool.busy) == 0
+    assert len(client.pool.free) == 0
+
+
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures('fast_retry')
 def test_proxy_retries_on_session_expired(client, mock_salesforce_server):