diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 8172d57f55..402e263b2d 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@
     (_py_class_role, 'unittest.case.TestCase'),
     (_py_class_role, 'unittest.result.TestResult'),
     (_py_class_role, 'UUID'),
+    (_py_class_role, 'UpstreamConnectionPool'),
     (_py_class_role, 'Url'),
     (_py_class_role, 'WebsocketFrame'),
     (_py_class_role, 'Work'),
diff --git a/proxy/core/acceptor/executors.py b/proxy/core/acceptor/executors.py
index 9512762671..d0c5a912c3 100644
--- a/proxy/core/acceptor/executors.py
+++ b/proxy/core/acceptor/executors.py
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ def start_threaded_work(
             TcpClientConnection(conn, addr),
             flags=flags,
             event_queue=event_queue,
+            upstream_conn_pool=None,
         )
         # TODO: Keep reference to threads and join during shutdown.
         # This will ensure connections are not abruptly closed on shutdown
diff --git a/proxy/core/acceptor/threadless.py b/proxy/core/acceptor/threadless.py
index 5140c9345b..9858712adc 100644
--- a/proxy/core/acceptor/threadless.py
+++ b/proxy/core/acceptor/threadless.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from ...common.constants import DEFAULT_INACTIVE_CONN_CLEANUP_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_SELECTOR_SELECT_TIMEOUT
 from ...common.constants import DEFAULT_WAIT_FOR_TASKS_TIMEOUT
 
-from ..connection import TcpClientConnection
+from ..connection import TcpClientConnection, UpstreamConnectionPool
 from ..event import eventNames, EventQueue
 
 from .work import Work
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ def __init__(
         self.wait_timeout: float = DEFAULT_WAIT_FOR_TASKS_TIMEOUT
         self.cleanup_inactive_timeout: float = DEFAULT_INACTIVE_CONN_CLEANUP_TIMEOUT
         self._total: int = 0
+        self._upstream_conn_pool: Optional[UpstreamConnectionPool] = None
+        if self.flags.enable_conn_pool:
+            self._upstream_conn_pool = UpstreamConnectionPool()
 
     @property
     @abstractmethod
@@ -134,6 +137,7 @@ def work_on_tcp_conn(
             flags=self.flags,
             event_queue=self.event_queue,
             uid=uid,
+            upstream_conn_pool=self._upstream_conn_pool,
         )
         self.works[fileno].publish_event(
             event_name=eventNames.WORK_STARTED,
diff --git a/proxy/core/acceptor/work.py b/proxy/core/acceptor/work.py
index 5a7ba0723d..37f0bf591b 100644
--- a/proxy/core/acceptor/work.py
+++ b/proxy/core/acceptor/work.py
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@
 
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from uuid import uuid4
-from typing import Optional, Dict, Any, TypeVar, Generic
+from typing import Optional, Dict, Any, TypeVar, Generic, TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from ..event import eventNames, EventQueue
 from ...common.types import Readables, Writables
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from ..connection import UpstreamConnectionPool
+
 T = TypeVar('T')
 
 
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ def __init__(
             flags: argparse.Namespace,
             event_queue: Optional[EventQueue] = None,
             uid: Optional[str] = None,
+            upstream_conn_pool: Optional['UpstreamConnectionPool'] = None,
     ) -> None:
         # Work uuid
         self.uid: str = uid if uid is not None else uuid4().hex
@@ -41,6 +45,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.event_queue = event_queue
         # Accept work
         self.work = work
+        self.upstream_conn_pool = upstream_conn_pool
 
     @abstractmethod
     async def get_events(self) -> Dict[int, int]:
diff --git a/proxy/core/connection/__init__.py b/proxy/core/connection/__init__.py
index 952ee08f9e..58d100a81b 100644
--- a/proxy/core/connection/__init__.py
+++ b/proxy/core/connection/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from .connection import TcpConnection, TcpConnectionUninitializedException
 from .client import TcpClientConnection
 from .server import TcpServerConnection
-from .pool import ConnectionPool
+from .pool import UpstreamConnectionPool
 from .types import tcpConnectionTypes
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@
     'TcpServerConnection',
     'TcpClientConnection',
     'tcpConnectionTypes',
-    'ConnectionPool',
+    'UpstreamConnectionPool',
 ]
diff --git a/proxy/core/connection/pool.py b/proxy/core/connection/pool.py
index 16cd5096b1..5f92066b9d 100644
--- a/proxy/core/connection/pool.py
+++ b/proxy/core/connection/pool.py
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 from typing import Set, Dict, Tuple
 
 from ...common.flag import flags
+from ...common.types import Readables, Writables
+
+from ..acceptor.work import Work
 
 from .server import TcpServerConnection
 
@@ -31,10 +34,10 @@
 )
 
 
-class ConnectionPool:
+class UpstreamConnectionPool(Work[TcpServerConnection]):
     """Manages connection pool to upstream servers.
 
-    `ConnectionPool` avoids need to reconnect with the upstream
+    `UpstreamConnectionPool` avoids need to reconnect with the upstream
     servers repeatedly when a reusable connection is available
     in the pool.
 
@@ -47,16 +50,16 @@ class ConnectionPool:
     the pool users.  Example, if acquired connection
     is stale, reacquire.
 
-    TODO: Ideally, ConnectionPool must be shared across
+    TODO: Ideally, `UpstreamConnectionPool` must be shared across
     all cores to make SSL session cache to also work
     without additional out-of-bound synchronizations.
 
-    TODO: ConnectionPool currently WON'T work for
+    TODO: `UpstreamConnectionPool` currently WON'T work for
     HTTPS connection. This is because of missing support for
     session cache, session ticket, abbr TLS handshake
     and other necessary features to make it work.
 
-    NOTE: However, for all HTTP only connections, ConnectionPool
+    NOTE: However, for all HTTP only connections, `UpstreamConnectionPool`
     can be used to save upon connection setup time and
     speed-up performance of requests.
     """
@@ -113,3 +116,9 @@ def release(self, conn: TcpServerConnection) -> None:
             assert not conn.is_reusable()
             # Reset for reusability
             conn.reset()
+
+    async def get_events(self) -> Dict[int, int]:
+        return await super().get_events()
+
+    async def handle_events(self, readables: Readables, writables: Writables) -> bool:
+        return await super().handle_events(readables, writables)
diff --git a/proxy/http/handler.py b/proxy/http/handler.py
index 38429df7de..ae6c0d66ca 100644
--- a/proxy/http/handler.py
+++ b/proxy/http/handler.py
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ def initialize(self) -> None:
                     self.work,
                     self.request,
                     self.event_queue,
+                    self.upstream_conn_pool,
                 )
                 self.plugins[instance.name()] = instance
         logger.debug('Handling connection %r' % self.work.connection)
diff --git a/proxy/http/plugin.py b/proxy/http/plugin.py
index eafcd0539d..0180e5f9d9 100644
--- a/proxy/http/plugin.py
+++ b/proxy/http/plugin.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 import argparse
 
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-from typing import Tuple, List, Union, Optional
+from typing import Tuple, List, Union, Optional, TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from .parser import HttpParser
 
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 from ..core.event import EventQueue
 from ..core.connection import TcpClientConnection
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from ..core.connection import UpstreamConnectionPool
+
 
 class HttpProtocolHandlerPlugin(ABC):
     """Base HttpProtocolHandler Plugin class.
@@ -50,12 +53,14 @@ def __init__(
             client: TcpClientConnection,
             request: HttpParser,
             event_queue: EventQueue,
+            upstream_conn_pool: Optional['UpstreamConnectionPool'] = None,
     ):
         self.uid: str = uid
         self.flags: argparse.Namespace = flags
         self.client: TcpClientConnection = client
         self.request: HttpParser = request
         self.event_queue = event_queue
+        self.upstream_conn_pool = upstream_conn_pool
         super().__init__()
 
     def name(self) -> str:
diff --git a/proxy/http/proxy/server.py b/proxy/http/proxy/server.py
index 55604abf63..228d8ecc34 100644
--- a/proxy/http/proxy/server.py
+++ b/proxy/http/proxy/server.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 from ...common.pki import gen_public_key, gen_csr, sign_csr
 
 from ...core.event import eventNames
-from ...core.connection import TcpServerConnection, ConnectionPool
+from ...core.connection import TcpServerConnection
 from ...core.connection import TcpConnectionUninitializedException
 from ...common.flag import flags
 
@@ -140,9 +140,6 @@ class HttpProxyPlugin(HttpProtocolHandlerPlugin):
     # connection pool operations.
     lock = threading.Lock()
 
-    # Shared connection pool
-    pool = ConnectionPool()
-
     def __init__(
             self,
             *args: Any, **kwargs: Any,
@@ -200,10 +197,10 @@ def get_descriptors(self) -> Tuple[List[int], List[int]]:
 
     def _close_and_release(self) -> bool:
         if self.flags.enable_conn_pool:
-            assert self.upstream and not self.upstream.closed
+            assert self.upstream and not self.upstream.closed and self.upstream_conn_pool
             self.upstream.closed = True
             with self.lock:
-                self.pool.release(self.upstream)
+                self.upstream_conn_pool.release(self.upstream)
             self.upstream = None
         return True
 
@@ -391,9 +388,10 @@ def on_client_connection_close(self) -> None:
             return
 
         if self.flags.enable_conn_pool:
+            assert self.upstream_conn_pool
             # Release the connection for reusability
             with self.lock:
-                self.pool.release(self.upstream)
+                self.upstream_conn_pool.release(self.upstream)
             return
 
         try:
@@ -589,8 +587,9 @@ def connect_upstream(self) -> None:
         host, port = self.request.host, self.request.port
         if host and port:
             if self.flags.enable_conn_pool:
+                assert self.upstream_conn_pool
                 with self.lock:
-                    created, self.upstream = self.pool.acquire(
+                    created, self.upstream = self.upstream_conn_pool.acquire(
                         text_(host), port,
                     )
             else:
@@ -642,8 +641,9 @@ def connect_upstream(self) -> None:
                     ),
                 )
                 if self.flags.enable_conn_pool:
+                    assert self.upstream_conn_pool
                     with self.lock:
-                        self.pool.release(self.upstream)
+                        self.upstream_conn_pool.release(self.upstream)
                 raise ProxyConnectionFailed(
                     text_(host), port, repr(e),
                 ) from e
diff --git a/proxy/plugin/proxy_pool.py b/proxy/plugin/proxy_pool.py
index cfc8017820..641d95d622 100644
--- a/proxy/plugin/proxy_pool.py
+++ b/proxy/plugin/proxy_pool.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def before_upstream_connection(
         must be bootstrapped within it's own re-usable and garbage collected pool,
         to avoid establishing a new upstream proxy connection for each client request.
 
-        See :class:`~proxy.core.connection.pool.ConnectionPool` which is a work
+        See :class:`~proxy.core.connection.pool.UpstreamConnectionPool` which is a work
         in progress for SSL cache handling.
         """
         # We don't want to send private IP requests to remote proxies
diff --git a/tests/core/test_acceptor.py b/tests/core/test_acceptor.py
index 2a4d089898..89bbce46aa 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_acceptor.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_acceptor.py
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ def test_accepts_client_from_server_socket(
             mock_client.return_value,
             flags=self.flags,
             event_queue=None,
+            upstream_conn_pool=None,
         )
         mock_thread.assert_called_with(
             target=self.flags.work_klass.return_value.run,
diff --git a/tests/core/test_conn_pool.py b/tests/core/test_conn_pool.py
index 3eaad052f3..db3de3d7c0 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_conn_pool.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_conn_pool.py
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@
 
 from unittest import mock
 
-from proxy.core.connection import ConnectionPool
+from proxy.core.connection import UpstreamConnectionPool
 
 
 class TestConnectionPool(unittest.TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch('proxy.core.connection.pool.TcpServerConnection')
     def test_acquire_and_release_and_reacquire(self, mock_tcp_server_connection: mock.Mock) -> None:
-        pool = ConnectionPool()
+        pool = UpstreamConnectionPool()
         addr = ('localhost', 1234)
         # Mock
         mock_conn = mock_tcp_server_connection.return_value
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def test_acquire_and_release_and_reacquire(self, mock_tcp_server_connection: moc
     def test_closed_connections_are_removed_on_release(
             self, mock_tcp_server_connection: mock.Mock,
     ) -> None:
-        pool = ConnectionPool()
+        pool = UpstreamConnectionPool()
         addr = ('localhost', 1234)
         # Mock
         mock_conn = mock_tcp_server_connection.return_value