diff --git a/fluentd-image/v1.14/Dockerfile b/fluentd-image/v1.14/Dockerfile
index b141b7771..e50c0021c 100644
--- a/fluentd-image/v1.14/Dockerfile
+++ b/fluentd-image/v1.14/Dockerfile
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ RUN apk update \
          fluent-plugin-parser-logfmt \
          fluent-plugin-multi-format-parser \
          fluent-plugin-record-modifier \
-         fluent-plugin-splunk-hec \
          fluent-plugin-newrelic \
          fluent-plugin-elasticsearch \
          fluent-plugin-cloudwatch-logs \
@@ -81,6 +80,8 @@ RUN apk update \
  && gem specific_install -l https://github.com/SumoLogic/sumologic-kubernetes-fluentd.git -d fluent-plugin-enhance-k8s-metadata \
  && gem specific_install -l https://github.com/SumoLogic/sumologic-kubernetes-fluentd.git -d fluent-plugin-kubernetes-sumologic \
  # https://github.com/SumoLogic/sumologic-kubernetes-fluentd/blob/main/Dockerfile#L27
+ && gem specific_install -l https://github.com/ahma/fluent-plugin-splunk-hec.git -b net-http-persistent_4 \
+ # https://github.com/splunk/fluent-plugin-splunk-hec/pull/236#issuecomment-1110917743
  && gem specific_install https://github.com/abonas/kubeclient --ref 3267dc3fd02c49e3b19f1210ff7cb84c3b2a4478 \
  && apk del .build-deps $buildDeps \
  && rm -rf /tmp/* /var/tmp/* /usr/lib/ruby/gems/*/cache/*.gem /usr/lib/ruby/gems/2.*/gems/fluentd-*/test