diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 910b9218..836c53a5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     "fast-deep-equal": "^2.0.1",
     "is-stream": "^2.0.0",
     "json-rpc-engine": "^6.1.0",
-    "json-rpc-middleware-stream": "^3.0.0",
+    "json-rpc-middleware-stream": "^4.0.0",
     "pump": "^3.0.0",
     "webextension-polyfill-ts": "^0.25.0"
   },
diff --git a/src/StreamProvider.ts b/src/StreamProvider.ts
index d46a4f98..9036539d 100644
--- a/src/StreamProvider.ts
+++ b/src/StreamProvider.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ export abstract class AbstractStreamProvider extends BaseProvider {
     );
 
     // Set up RPC connection
-    this._jsonRpcConnection = createStreamMiddleware();
+    this._jsonRpcConnection = createStreamMiddleware({
+      retryOnMessage: 'METAMASK_EXTENSION_STREAM_CONNECT',
+    });
     pump(
       this._jsonRpcConnection.stream,
       mux.createStream(jsonRpcStreamName) as unknown as Duplex,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5c55e0f4..5b6da941 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3490,10 +3490,10 @@ json-rpc-engine@^6.1.0:
     "@metamask/safe-event-emitter" "^2.0.0"
     eth-rpc-errors "^4.0.2"
 
-json-rpc-middleware-stream@^3.0.0:
-  version "3.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json-rpc-middleware-stream/-/json-rpc-middleware-stream-3.0.0.tgz#8540331d884f36b9e0ad31054cc68ac6b5a89b52"
-  integrity sha512-JmZmlehE0xF3swwORpLHny/GvW3MZxCsb2uFNBrn8TOqMqivzCfz232NSDLLOtIQlrPlgyEjiYpyzyOPFOzClw==
+json-rpc-middleware-stream@^4.0.0:
+  version "4.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json-rpc-middleware-stream/-/json-rpc-middleware-stream-4.0.0.tgz#54de6f57d795525547219c1581858962618adeeb"
+  integrity sha512-+s8ps2cO+zmw21W7TA9wVD/5fwNi4C2O7NzLxlrEDrfzNcs3YX76Qw2fXuQLKVFeP654CIa6nkfqkFU9o7x/3g==
   dependencies:
     "@metamask/safe-event-emitter" "^2.0.0"
     readable-stream "^2.3.3"