diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/eureka/RestTemplateTimeoutProperties.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/eureka/RestTemplateTimeoutProperties.java
index 394420ddb..4fc8de3fc 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/eureka/RestTemplateTimeoutProperties.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/eureka/RestTemplateTimeoutProperties.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2013-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ public class RestTemplateTimeoutProperties {
 
 	private int socketTimeout = 3 * 60 * 1000;
 
+	private long idleTimeout = 30 * 60 * 1000L;
+
 	public int getConnectTimeout() {
 		return connectTimeout;
 	}
@@ -69,6 +71,14 @@ public void setSocketTimeout(int socketTimeout) {
 		this.socketTimeout = socketTimeout;
 	}
 
+	public long getIdleTimeout() {
+		return idleTimeout;
+	}
+
+	public void setIdleTimeout(long idleTimeout) {
+		this.idleTimeout = idleTimeout;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public boolean equals(Object o) {
 		if (this == o) {
@@ -81,18 +91,18 @@ public boolean equals(Object o) {
 		RestTemplateTimeoutProperties that = (RestTemplateTimeoutProperties) o;
 
 		return connectTimeout == that.connectTimeout && connectRequestTimeout == that.connectRequestTimeout
-				&& socketTimeout == that.socketTimeout;
+				&& socketTimeout == that.socketTimeout && idleTimeout == that.idleTimeout;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public int hashCode() {
-		return Objects.hash(connectTimeout, connectRequestTimeout, socketTimeout);
+		return Objects.hash(connectTimeout, connectRequestTimeout, socketTimeout, idleTimeout);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
 		return "RestTemplateTimeoutProperties{" + ", connectTimeout=" + connectTimeout + ", connectRequestTimeout="
-				+ connectRequestTimeout + ", socketTimeout=" + socketTimeout + '}';
+				+ connectRequestTimeout + ", socketTimeout=" + socketTimeout + ", idleTimeout=" + idleTimeout + '}';
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/eureka/http/DefaultEurekaClientHttpRequestFactorySupplier.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/eureka/http/DefaultEurekaClientHttpRequestFactorySupplier.java
index 36bf1b35a..2592994bf 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/eureka/http/DefaultEurekaClientHttpRequestFactorySupplier.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-eureka-client/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/eureka/http/DefaultEurekaClientHttpRequestFactorySupplier.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013-2022 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2013-2024 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.cloud.netflix.eureka.http;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
 import javax.net.ssl.HostnameVerifier;
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
@@ -29,8 +30,10 @@
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.io.HttpClientConnectionManager;
 import org.apache.hc.client5.http.ssl.SSLConnectionSocketFactoryBuilder;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.http.io.SocketConfig;
+import org.apache.hc.core5.util.TimeValue;
 import org.apache.hc.core5.util.Timeout;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.DisposableBean;
 import org.springframework.cloud.netflix.eureka.RestTemplateTimeoutProperties;
 import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestFactory;
 import org.springframework.http.client.HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory;
@@ -45,7 +48,10 @@
  * @author Jiwon Jeon
  * @since 3.0.0
  */
-public class DefaultEurekaClientHttpRequestFactorySupplier implements EurekaClientHttpRequestFactorySupplier {
+public class DefaultEurekaClientHttpRequestFactorySupplier
+		implements EurekaClientHttpRequestFactorySupplier, DisposableBean {
+
+	private final AtomicReference<CloseableHttpClient> ref = new AtomicReference<>();
 
 	private final RestTemplateTimeoutProperties restTemplateTimeoutProperties;
 
@@ -64,7 +70,18 @@ public DefaultEurekaClientHttpRequestFactorySupplier(RestTemplateTimeoutProperti
 
 	@Override
 	public ClientHttpRequestFactory get(SSLContext sslContext, @Nullable HostnameVerifier hostnameVerifier) {
-		HttpClientBuilder httpClientBuilder = HttpClientBuilder.create();
+		TimeValue timeValue;
+
+		if (restTemplateTimeoutProperties != null) {
+			timeValue = TimeValue.ofMilliseconds(restTemplateTimeoutProperties.getIdleTimeout());
+		}
+		else {
+			timeValue = TimeValue.of(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+		}
+
+		HttpClientBuilder httpClientBuilder = HttpClients.custom().evictExpiredConnections()
+				.evictIdleConnections(timeValue);
+
 		if (sslContext != null || hostnameVerifier != null || restTemplateTimeoutProperties != null) {
 			httpClientBuilder.setConnectionManager(
 					buildConnectionManager(sslContext, hostnameVerifier, restTemplateTimeoutProperties));
@@ -73,7 +90,11 @@ public ClientHttpRequestFactory get(SSLContext sslContext, @Nullable HostnameVer
 			httpClientBuilder.setDefaultRequestConfig(buildRequestConfig());
 		}
 
-		CloseableHttpClient httpClient = httpClientBuilder.build();
+		if (ref.get() == null) {
+			ref.compareAndSet(null, httpClientBuilder.build());
+		}
+
+		CloseableHttpClient httpClient = ref.get();
 		HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory requestFactory = new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory();
 		requestFactory.setHttpClient(httpClient);
 		return requestFactory;
@@ -108,4 +129,13 @@ private RequestConfig buildRequestConfig() {
 				.build();
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void destroy() throws Exception {
+		CloseableHttpClient httpClient = ref.get();
+
+		if (httpClient != null) {
+			httpClient.close();
+		}
+	}
+
 }