diff --git a/docker/configs/nginx-proxy.conf b/docker/configs/nginx-proxy.conf
index e1f739970bd..a02ab2ff06a 100644
--- a/docker/configs/nginx-proxy.conf
+++ b/docker/configs/nginx-proxy.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 upstream datatracker_backend {
     server 127.0.0.1:8001;
+    keepalive 0; # default = 32 since nginx 1.29.7
 }
 
 server {
diff --git a/k8s/datatracker.yaml b/k8s/datatracker.yaml
index ff89fb37228..98a782f95c6 100644
--- a/k8s/datatracker.yaml
+++ b/k8s/datatracker.yaml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ spec:
         # Nginx Container
         # -----------------------------------------------------
         - name: nginx
-          image: "ghcr.io/nginxinc/nginx-unprivileged:1.27"
+          image: "ghcr.io/nginxinc/nginx-unprivileged:1.30"
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           ports:
             - containerPort: 8080
diff --git a/k8s/nginx-auth.conf b/k8s/nginx-auth.conf
index 1dc2f4fae0d..cdb5c665e22 100644
--- a/k8s/nginx-auth.conf
+++ b/k8s/nginx-auth.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 upstream datatracker_backend {
     server 127.0.0.1:8000;
+    keepalive 0; # default = 32 since nginx 1.29.7
 }
 
 server {
diff --git a/k8s/nginx-datatracker.conf b/k8s/nginx-datatracker.conf
index a7d5936a193..77ce902b17a 100644
--- a/k8s/nginx-datatracker.conf
+++ b/k8s/nginx-datatracker.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 upstream datatracker_backend {
     server 127.0.0.1:8000;
+    keepalive 0; # default = 32 since nginx 1.29.7
 }
 
 server {