diff --git a/exporter/sumologicexporter/config.go b/exporter/sumologicexporter/config.go
index 568400ef74e7..16382c6942c7 100644
--- a/exporter/sumologicexporter/config.go
+++ b/exporter/sumologicexporter/config.go
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ type Config struct {
 
 // createDefaultClientConfig returns default http client settings
 func createDefaultClientConfig() confighttp.ClientConfig {
-	return confighttp.ClientConfig{
-		Timeout: defaultTimeout,
-	}
+	config := confighttp.NewDefaultClientConfig()
+	config.Timeout = defaultTimeout
+	return config
 }
 
 // LogFormatType represents log_format
diff --git a/exporter/sumologicexporter/factory_test.go b/exporter/sumologicexporter/factory_test.go
index 906cd7d415e3..c37ad2e8ebb3 100644
--- a/exporter/sumologicexporter/factory_test.go
+++ b/exporter/sumologicexporter/factory_test.go
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ func TestCreateDefaultConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		GraphiteTemplate:   "%{_metric_}",
 
 		ClientConfig: confighttp.ClientConfig{
-			Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
+			IdleConnTimeout: confighttp.NewDefaultClientConfig().IdleConnTimeout,
+			MaxIdleConns:    confighttp.NewDefaultClientConfig().MaxIdleConns,
+			Timeout:         5 * time.Second,
 		},
 		BackOffConfig: configretry.NewDefaultBackOffConfig(),
 		QueueSettings: qs,