diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/common/KinesisClientUtil.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/common/KinesisClientUtil.java
index bec0a545..ef5194e4 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/common/KinesisClientUtil.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/common/KinesisClientUtil.java
@@ -15,15 +15,22 @@
 
 package software.amazon.kinesis.common;
 
+import software.amazon.awssdk.http.Protocol;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.http.nio.netty.Http2Configuration;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.http.nio.netty.NettyNioAsyncHttpClient;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kinesis.KinesisAsyncClient;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kinesis.KinesisAsyncClientBuilder;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
+
 /**
  * Utility to setup KinesisAsyncClient to be used with KCL.
  */
 public class KinesisClientUtil {
 
+    private static int INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE_BYTES = 10 * 1024 * 1024;
+    private static long HEALTH_CHECK_PING_PERIOD_MILLIS = 60 * 1000;
+
     /**
      * Creates a client from a builder.
      *
@@ -35,6 +42,9 @@ public class KinesisClientUtil {
     }
 
     public static KinesisAsyncClientBuilder adjustKinesisClientBuilder(KinesisAsyncClientBuilder builder) {
-        return builder.httpClientBuilder(NettyNioAsyncHttpClient.builder().maxConcurrency(Integer.MAX_VALUE));
+        return builder.httpClientBuilder(NettyNioAsyncHttpClient.builder().maxConcurrency(Integer.MAX_VALUE)
+                .http2Configuration(Http2Configuration.builder().initialWindowSize(INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE_BYTES)
+                        .healthCheckPingPeriod(Duration.ofMillis(HEALTH_CHECK_PING_PERIOD_MILLIS)).build())
+                .protocol(Protocol.HTTP2));
     }
 }
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/lifecycle/ShardConsumer.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/lifecycle/ShardConsumer.java
index 5545fc03..99a680bf 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/lifecycle/ShardConsumer.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/lifecycle/ShardConsumer.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import software.amazon.kinesis.retrieval.RecordsPublisher;
 @KinesisClientInternalApi
 public class ShardConsumer {
 
-    public static final int MAX_TIME_BETWEEN_REQUEST_RESPONSE = 35000;
+    public static final int MAX_TIME_BETWEEN_REQUEST_RESPONSE = 60 * 1000;
     private final RecordsPublisher recordsPublisher;
     private final ExecutorService executorService;
     private final ShardInfo shardInfo;
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b31c1257..ce4761fa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   </scm>
 
   <properties>
-    <awssdk.version>2.10.25</awssdk.version>
+    <awssdk.version>2.10.56</awssdk.version>
   </properties>
 
   <licenses>