diff --git a/scripts/postinstall.js b/scripts/postinstall.js
index 8c010f71b..80c092ab7 100755
--- a/scripts/postinstall.js
+++ b/scripts/postinstall.js
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ async function main() {
   // Keeps the TCP connection alive when sending multiple requests
   // Ref: https://github.com/node-fetch/node-fetch/issues/1735
   const agent = proxyUrl
-    ? new HttpsProxyAgent(proxyUrl, { keepAlive: true })
-    : new Agent({ keepAlive: true });
+    ? new HttpsProxyAgent(proxyUrl, { keepAlive: false })
+    : new Agent({ keepAlive: false });
   const resp = await fetch(url, { agent });
 
   const hash = createHash("sha256");