diff --git a/queue_job/jobrunner/runner.py b/queue_job/jobrunner/runner.py
index 0e334c17f..fa5aeee61 100644
--- a/queue_job/jobrunner/runner.py
+++ b/queue_job/jobrunner/runner.py
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ def _odoo_now():
     return _datetime_to_epoch(dt)
 
 
+session = requests.Session()
+
+
 def _async_http_get(scheme, host, port, user, password, db_name, job_uuid):
     # Method to set failed job (due to timeout, etc) as pending,
     # to avoid keeping it as enqueued.
@@ -202,7 +205,7 @@ def urlopen():
                 auth = (user, password)
             # we are not interested in the result, so we set a short timeout
             # but not too short so we trap and log hard configuration errors
-            response = requests.get(url, timeout=1, auth=auth)
+            response = session.get(url, timeout=1, auth=auth)
 
             # raise_for_status will result in either nothing, a Client Error
             # for HTTP Response codes between 400 and 500 or a Server Error