diff --git a/pkg/output/xatu/exporter.go b/pkg/output/xatu/exporter.go
index 5be16236..a2229dd9 100644
--- a/pkg/output/xatu/exporter.go
+++ b/pkg/output/xatu/exporter.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethpandaops/xatu/pkg/observability"
 	pb "github.com/ethpandaops/xatu/pkg/proto/xatu"
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/insecure"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/encoding/gzip"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/keepalive"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
 )
 
@@ -33,7 +35,11 @@ func NewItemExporter(name string, config *Config, log logrus.FieldLogger) (ItemE
 	opts := []grpc.DialOption{
 		grpc.WithChainUnaryInterceptor(grpc_prometheus.UnaryClientInterceptor, retry.UnaryClientInterceptor()),
 		grpc.WithChainStreamInterceptor(grpc_prometheus.StreamClientInterceptor, retry.StreamClientInterceptor()),
-		grpc.WithTimeout(config.ExportTimeout),
+		grpc.WithKeepaliveParams(keepalive.ClientParameters{
+			Time:                10 * time.Second,
+			Timeout:             30 * time.Second,
+			PermitWithoutStream: true,
+		}),
 	}
 
 	if config.TLS {