diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index c463fbd3..36ff9cb4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Info
         run: mvn -version
       - name: Install
-        run: mvn -e --no-transfer-progress -Pscala-${{matrix.scala-version}} -Pspark-${{matrix.spark-version}} -Dspark.version=${{matrix.spark-full-version}} -Dgpg.skip=true install
+        run: mvn -e --no-transfer-progress -Pscala-${{matrix.scala-version}} -Pspark-${{matrix.spark-version}} -Dspark.version=${{matrix.spark-full-version}} -Dgpg.skip=true -DskipTests=true install
       - name: Deployment Test
         run: mvn -f ./demo/pom.xml -Pscala-${{matrix.scala-version}} -Pspark-${{matrix.spark-version}} -Dspark.version=${{matrix.spark-full-version}} -DimportPath=docker/import test
       - name: Collect docker logs on failure
diff --git a/arangodb-spark-commons/pom.xml b/arangodb-spark-commons/pom.xml
index a3d056f6..e3489742 100644
--- a/arangodb-spark-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/arangodb-spark-commons/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>arangodb-spark-datasource</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
-        <version>1.1.1</version>
+        <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/arangodb-spark-commons/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/arangodb/commons/ArangoClient.scala b/arangodb-spark-commons/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/arangodb/commons/ArangoClient.scala
index cf171ee3..ca92f695 100644
--- a/arangodb-spark-commons/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/arangodb/commons/ArangoClient.scala
+++ b/arangodb-spark-commons/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/arangodb/commons/ArangoClient.scala
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ class ArangoClient(options: ArangoDBConf) extends Logging {
     })
     .build()
 
-  def shutdown(): Unit = arangoDB.shutdown()
+  def shutdown(): Unit = {
+    logDebug("closing db client")
+    arangoDB.shutdown()
+  }
 
   def readCollectionPartition(shardId: String, filters: Array[PushableFilter], schema: StructType): ArangoCursor[VPackSlice] = {
     val query =
@@ -101,12 +104,16 @@ class ArangoClient(options: ArangoDBConf) extends Logging {
     cursor.asScala.take(options.readOptions.sampleSize).toSeq
   }
 
-  def collectionExists(): Boolean = arangoDB
-    .db(options.writeOptions.db)
-    .collection(options.writeOptions.collection)
-    .exists()
+  def collectionExists(): Boolean = {
+    logDebug("checking collection")
+    arangoDB
+      .db(options.writeOptions.db)
+      .collection(options.writeOptions.collection)
+      .exists()
+  }
 
   def createCollection(): Unit = {
+    logDebug("creating collection")
     val opts = new CollectionCreateOptions()
       .numberOfShards(options.writeOptions.numberOfShards)
       .`type`(options.writeOptions.collectionType)
@@ -119,11 +126,13 @@ class ArangoClient(options: ArangoDBConf) extends Logging {
 
   @tailrec
   final def truncate(): Unit = {
+    logDebug("truncating collection")
     try {
       arangoDB
         .db(options.writeOptions.db)
         .collection(options.writeOptions.collection)
         .truncate()
+      logDebug("truncated collection")
     } catch {
       case e: ArangoDBException =>
         if (e.getCause.isInstanceOf[TimeoutException]) {
@@ -136,12 +145,16 @@ class ArangoClient(options: ArangoDBConf) extends Logging {
     }
   }
 
-  def drop(): Unit = arangoDB
-    .db(options.writeOptions.db)
-    .collection(options.writeOptions.collection)
-    .drop()
+  def drop(): Unit = {
+    logDebug("dropping collection")
+    arangoDB
+      .db(options.writeOptions.db)
+      .collection(options.writeOptions.collection)
+      .drop()
+  }
 
   def saveDocuments(data: VPackSlice): Unit = {
+    logDebug("saving batch")
     val request = new Request(
       options.writeOptions.db,
       RequestType.POST,
@@ -176,24 +189,30 @@ class ArangoClient(options: ArangoDBConf) extends Logging {
 
 
 @SuppressWarnings(Array("OptionGet"))
-object ArangoClient {
+object ArangoClient extends Logging {
   private val INTERNAL_ERROR_CODE = 4
   private val SHARDS_API_UNAVAILABLE_CODE = 9
 
-  def apply(options: ArangoDBConf): ArangoClient = new ArangoClient(options)
+  def apply(options: ArangoDBConf): ArangoClient = {
+    logDebug("creating db client")
+    new ArangoClient(options)
+  }
 
   def getCollectionShardIds(options: ArangoDBConf): Array[String] = {
+    logDebug("reading collection shards")
+    val client = ArangoClient(options)
+    val adb = client.arangoDB
     try {
-      val client = ArangoClient(options).arangoDB
-      val res = client.execute(new Request(
+      val res = adb.execute(new Request(
         options.readOptions.db,
         RequestType.GET,
         s"/_api/collection/${options.readOptions.collection.get}/shards"))
-      val shardIds: Array[String] = client.util().deserialize(res.getBody.get("shards"), classOf[Array[String]])
+      val shardIds: Array[String] = adb.util().deserialize(res.getBody.get("shards"), classOf[Array[String]])
       client.shutdown()
       shardIds
     } catch {
       case e: ArangoDBException =>
+        client.shutdown()
         // single server < 3.8  returns Response: 500, Error: 4 - internal error
         // single server >= 3.8 returns Response: 501, Error: 9 - shards API is only available in a cluster
         if (INTERNAL_ERROR_CODE.equals(e.getErrorNum) || SHARDS_API_UNAVAILABLE_CODE.equals(e.getErrorNum)) {
@@ -205,10 +224,12 @@ object ArangoClient {
   }
 
   def acquireHostList(options: ArangoDBConf): Iterable[String] = {
-    val client = ArangoClient(options).arangoDB
-    val response = client.execute(new Request(ArangoRequestParam.SYSTEM, RequestType.GET, "/_api/cluster/endpoints"))
+    logDebug("acquiring host list")
+    val client = ArangoClient(options)
+    val adb = client.arangoDB
+    val response = adb.execute(new Request(ArangoRequestParam.SYSTEM, RequestType.GET, "/_api/cluster/endpoints"))
     val field = response.getBody.get("endpoints")
-    val res = client.util(Serializer.CUSTOM)
+    val res = adb.util(Serializer.CUSTOM)
       .deserialize[Seq[Map[String, String]]](field, classOf[Seq[Map[String, String]]])
       .map(it => it("endpoint").replaceFirst(".*://", ""))
     client.shutdown()
diff --git a/arangodb-spark-commons/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/arangodb/commons/ArangoDBConf.scala b/arangodb-spark-commons/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/arangodb/commons/ArangoDBConf.scala
index e5d3f907..640906ba 100644
--- a/arangodb-spark-commons/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/arangodb/commons/ArangoDBConf.scala
+++ b/arangodb-spark-commons/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/arangodb/commons/ArangoDBConf.scala
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ class ArangoDBDriverConf(opts: Map[String, String]) extends ArangoDBConf(opts) {
       .useProtocol(arangoProtocol)
       .timeout(timeout)
       .user(user)
+      .maxConnections(1)
     password.foreach(builder.password)
 
     if (sslEnabled) {
diff --git a/arangodb-spark-datasource-2.4/pom.xml b/arangodb-spark-datasource-2.4/pom.xml
index f6175fe5..5c517e19 100644
--- a/arangodb-spark-datasource-2.4/pom.xml
+++ b/arangodb-spark-datasource-2.4/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>arangodb-spark-datasource</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
-        <version>1.1.1</version>
+        <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/arangodb-spark-datasource-2.4/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/arangodb/datasource/writer/ArangoDataWriter.scala b/arangodb-spark-datasource-2.4/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/arangodb/datasource/writer/ArangoDataWriter.scala
index 3fddd6c6..6b125bcd 100644
--- a/arangodb-spark-datasource-2.4/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/arangodb/datasource/writer/ArangoDataWriter.scala
+++ b/arangodb-spark-datasource-2.4/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/arangodb/datasource/writer/ArangoDataWriter.scala
@@ -45,10 +45,13 @@ class ArangoDataWriter(schema: StructType, options: ArangoDBConf, partitionId: I
   /**
    * Data cleanup will happen in [[ArangoDataSourceWriter.abort()]]
    */
-  override def abort(): Unit = if (!canRetry) {
-    throw new DataWriteAbortException(
-      "Task cannot be retried. To make batch writes idempotent, so that they can be retried, consider using " +
-        "'keep.null=true' (default) and 'overwrite.mode=(ignore|replace|update)'.")
+  override def abort(): Unit = {
+    client.shutdown()
+    if (!canRetry) {
+      throw new DataWriteAbortException(
+        "Task cannot be retried. To make batch writes idempotent, so that they can be retried, consider using " +
+          "'keep.null=true' (default) and 'overwrite.mode=(ignore|replace|update)'.")
+    }
   }
 
   private def createClient() = ArangoClient(options.updated(ArangoDBConf.ENDPOINTS, endpoints(endpointIdx)))
diff --git a/arangodb-spark-datasource-3.1/pom.xml b/arangodb-spark-datasource-3.1/pom.xml
index 7d4dda3d..bf6badc3 100644
--- a/arangodb-spark-datasource-3.1/pom.xml
+++ b/arangodb-spark-datasource-3.1/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>arangodb-spark-datasource</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
-        <version>1.1.1</version>
+        <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/arangodb-spark-datasource-3.1/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/arangodb/datasource/writer/ArangoDataWriter.scala b/arangodb-spark-datasource-3.1/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/arangodb/datasource/writer/ArangoDataWriter.scala
index 4ddea119..05aebf18 100644
--- a/arangodb-spark-datasource-3.1/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/arangodb/datasource/writer/ArangoDataWriter.scala
+++ b/arangodb-spark-datasource-3.1/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/arangodb/datasource/writer/ArangoDataWriter.scala
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class ArangoDataWriter(schema: StructType, options: ArangoDBConf, partitionId: I
    * Data cleanup will happen in [[ArangoBatchWriter.abort()]]
    */
   override def abort(): Unit = if (!canRetry) {
+    client.shutdown()
     throw new DataWriteAbortException(
       "Task cannot be retried. To make batch writes idempotent, so that they can be retried, consider using " +
         "'keep.null=true' (default) and 'overwrite.mode=(ignore|replace|update)'.")
diff --git a/demo/README.md b/demo/README.md
index 0c45acc7..395d3834 100644
--- a/demo/README.md
+++ b/demo/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ This demo requires:
 Set environment variables:
 
 ```shell
-export ARANGO_SPARK_VERSION=1.1.1
+export ARANGO_SPARK_VERSION=1.2.0-SNAPSHOT
 ```
 
 Start ArangoDB cluster with docker:
diff --git a/demo/pom.xml b/demo/pom.xml
index 45c1ac62..a18de077 100644
--- a/demo/pom.xml
+++ b/demo/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
     <artifactId>demo</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.1</version>
+    <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
             <artifactId>arangodb-spark-datasource-${spark.compat.version}_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.1</version>
+            <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
diff --git a/integration-tests/pom.xml b/integration-tests/pom.xml
index be715dc8..208fbf9f 100644
--- a/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>arangodb-spark-datasource</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
-        <version>1.1.1</version>
+        <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/arangodb/datasource/write/WriteResiliencyTest.scala b/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/arangodb/datasource/write/WriteResiliencyTest.scala
index ca7243bc..df96e0b9 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/arangodb/datasource/write/WriteResiliencyTest.scala
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/arangodb/datasource/write/WriteResiliencyTest.scala
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.sql.SaveMode
 import org.apache.spark.sql.arangodb.commons.ArangoDBConf
 import org.apache.spark.sql.arangodb.datasource.BaseSparkTest
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.{BeforeEach, Disabled}
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource
 
@@ -29,22 +29,45 @@ class WriteResiliencyTest extends BaseSparkTest {
     ("Mamedyarov", "Shakhriyar"),
     ("So", "Wesley"),
     ("Radjabov", "Teimour")
-  ).toDF("surname", "name")
+  ).toDF("_key", "name")
     .repartition(6)
 
   @BeforeEach
   def beforeEach(): Unit = {
     if (collection.exists()) {
-      collection.drop()
+      collection.truncate()
+    } else {
+      collection.create()
     }
   }
 
+  @Disabled("manual test only")
   @ParameterizedTest
   @MethodSource(Array("provideProtocolAndContentType"))
-  def save(protocol: String, contentType: String): Unit = {
+  def retryOnTimeout(protocol: String, contentType: String): Unit = {
     df.write
       .format(BaseSparkTest.arangoDatasource)
-      .mode(SaveMode.Overwrite)
+      .mode(SaveMode.Append)
+      .options(options + (
+        ArangoDBConf.TIMEOUT -> "1",
+        ArangoDBConf.ENDPOINTS -> BaseSparkTest.endpoints,
+        ArangoDBConf.COLLECTION -> collectionName,
+        ArangoDBConf.PROTOCOL -> protocol,
+        ArangoDBConf.CONTENT_TYPE -> contentType,
+        ArangoDBConf.CONFIRM_TRUNCATE -> "true",
+        ArangoDBConf.OVERWRITE_MODE -> OverwriteMode.replace.getValue
+      ))
+      .save()
+
+    assertThat(collection.count().getCount).isEqualTo(10L)
+  }
+
+  @ParameterizedTest
+  @MethodSource(Array("provideProtocolAndContentType"))
+  def retryOnWrongHost(protocol: String, contentType: String): Unit = {
+    df.write
+      .format(BaseSparkTest.arangoDatasource)
+      .mode(SaveMode.Append)
       .options(options + (
         ArangoDBConf.ENDPOINTS -> (BaseSparkTest.endpoints + ",wrongHost:8529"),
         ArangoDBConf.COLLECTION -> collectionName,
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 501939e7..e55976c1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
     <artifactId>arangodb-spark-datasource</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>1.1.1</version>
+    <version>1.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
     <description>ArangoDB Datasource for Apache Spark</description>