diff --git a/grpc-ingest/src/grpc.rs b/grpc-ingest/src/grpc.rs
index 82f9237d5..59eda0492 100644
--- a/grpc-ingest/src/grpc.rs
+++ b/grpc-ingest/src/grpc.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ use {
         util::create_shutdown,
     },
     anyhow::Context,
-    futures::stream::StreamExt,
+    futures::{channel::mpsc::SendError, stream::StreamExt, Sink, SinkExt},
     redis::streams::StreamMaxlen,
-    std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc, time::Duration},
+    std::{collections::HashMap, pin::Pin, sync::Arc, time::Duration},
     tokio::{sync::Mutex, time::sleep},
     topograph::{
         executor::{Executor, Nonblock, Tokio},
@@ -16,23 +16,28 @@ use {
     tracing::{debug, warn},
     yellowstone_grpc_client::GeyserGrpcClient,
     yellowstone_grpc_proto::{
-        geyser::{SubscribeRequest, SubscribeUpdate},
+        geyser::{SubscribeRequest, SubscribeRequestPing, SubscribeUpdate},
         prelude::subscribe_update::UpdateOneof,
         prost::Message,
     },
     yellowstone_grpc_tools::config::GrpcRequestToProto,
 };
 
+const PING_ID: i32 = 0;
+
 enum GrpcJob {
     FlushRedisPipe,
     ProcessSubscribeUpdate(Box<SubscribeUpdate>),
 }
 
+type SubscribeTx = Pin<Box<dyn Sink<SubscribeRequest, Error = SendError> + Send + Sync>>;
+
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct GrpcJobHandler {
     connection: redis::aio::MultiplexedConnection,
     config: Arc<ConfigGrpc>,
     pipe: Arc<Mutex<TrackedPipeline>>,
+    subscribe_tx: Arc<Mutex<SubscribeTx>>,
 }
 
 impl<'a> AsyncHandler<GrpcJob, topograph::executor::Handle<'a, GrpcJob, Nonblock<Tokio>>>
@@ -49,6 +54,8 @@ impl<'a> AsyncHandler<GrpcJob, topograph::executor::Handle<'a, GrpcJob, Nonblock
         let connection = self.connection.clone();
         let pipe = Arc::clone(&self.pipe);
 
+        let subscribe_tx = Arc::clone(&self.subscribe_tx);
+
         async move {
             match job {
                 GrpcJob::FlushRedisPipe => {
@@ -98,6 +105,29 @@ impl<'a> AsyncHandler<GrpcJob, topograph::executor::Handle<'a, GrpcJob, Nonblock
 
                                 debug!(message = "Transaction update", ?transaction);
                             }
+                            UpdateOneof::Ping(_) => {
+                                subscribe_tx
+                                    .lock()
+                                    .await
+                                    .send(SubscribeRequest {
+                                        ping: Some(SubscribeRequestPing { id: PING_ID }),
+                                        ..Default::default()
+                                    })
+                                    .await
+                                    .map_err(|err| {
+                                        warn!(message = "Failed to send ping", ?err);
+                                    })
+                                    .ok();
+
+                                debug!(message = "Ping", id = PING_ID);
+                            }
+                            UpdateOneof::Pong(pong) => {
+                                if pong.id == PING_ID {
+                                    debug!(message = "Pong", id = PING_ID);
+                                } else {
+                                    warn!(message = "Unknown pong id", id = pong.id);
+                                }
+                            }
                             var => warn!(message = "Unknown update variant", ?var),
                         }
                     }
@@ -144,9 +174,10 @@ pub async fn run(config: ConfigGrpc) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             .await
             .context("failed to connect to gRPC")?;
 
-    let (_subscribe_tx, stream) = dragon_mouth_client
+    let (subscribe_tx, stream) = dragon_mouth_client
         .subscribe_with_request(Some(request))
         .await?;
+
     tokio::pin!(stream);
 
     let exec = Executor::builder(Nonblock(Tokio))
@@ -155,6 +186,7 @@ pub async fn run(config: ConfigGrpc) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
             config: Arc::clone(&config),
             connection: connection.clone(),
             pipe: Arc::clone(&pipe),
+            subscribe_tx: Arc::new(Mutex::new(Box::pin(subscribe_tx))),
         })?;
 
     let deadline_config = Arc::clone(&config);