diff --git a/pkg/handler/connect.go b/pkg/handler/connect.go
index c70c94ea..ca57382f 100644
--- a/pkg/handler/connect.go
+++ b/pkg/handler/connect.go
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ func (c *ConnectOptions) portForward(ctx context.Context, portPair []string) err
 				}
 				pod := podList[0]
 				// add route in case of don't have permission to watch pod, but pod recreated ip changed, so maybe this ip can not visit
-				_ = c.addRoute(pod.Status.PodIP)
+				_ = c.addRoute(util.GetPodIP(pod)...)
 				childCtx, cancelFunc := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 				defer cancelFunc()
 				var readyChan = make(chan struct{})
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ func (c *ConnectOptions) portForward(ctx context.Context, portPair []string) err
 				// try to detect pod is delete event, if pod is deleted, needs to redo port-forward
 				go util.CheckPodStatus(childCtx, cancelFunc, podName, c.clientset.CoreV1().Pods(c.Namespace))
 				go util.CheckPortStatus(childCtx, cancelFunc, readyChan, strings.Split(portPair[1], ":")[0])
+				go c.heartbeats(childCtx, util.GetPodIP(pod)...)
 				if *first {
 					go func() {
 						select {
@@ -1224,3 +1225,27 @@ func (c *ConnectOptions) IsMe(ns, uid string, headers map[string]string) bool {
 func (c *ConnectOptions) ProxyResources() ProxyList {
 	return c.proxyWorkloads
 }
+
+func (c *ConnectOptions) heartbeats(ctx context.Context, ips ...string) {
+	var dstIPv4, dstIPv6 net.IP
+	for _, podIP := range ips {
+		ip := net.ParseIP(podIP)
+		if ip.To4() != nil {
+			dstIPv4 = ip
+		} else {
+			dstIPv6 = ip
+		}
+	}
+
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(config.KeepAliveTime)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+
+	for ; ctx.Err() == nil; <-ticker.C {
+		if dstIPv4 != nil && c.localTunIPv4 != nil {
+			util.Ping(ctx, c.localTunIPv4.IP.String(), dstIPv4.String())
+		}
+		if dstIPv6 != nil && c.localTunIPv6 != nil {
+			util.Ping(ctx, c.localTunIPv6.IP.String(), dstIPv6.String())
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/util/pod.go b/pkg/util/pod.go
index 353c129f..58b5b319 100644
--- a/pkg/util/pod.go
+++ b/pkg/util/pod.go
@@ -537,3 +537,16 @@ func DetectPodSupportIPv6(ctx context.Context, factory util.Factory, namespace s
 	}
 	return disableIPv6 == 0, nil
 }
+
+func GetPodIP(pod corev1.Pod) []string {
+	var result = sets.New[string]().Insert()
+	for _, p := range pod.Status.PodIPs {
+		if net.ParseIP(p.IP) != nil {
+			result.Insert(p.IP)
+		}
+	}
+	if net.ParseIP(pod.Status.PodIP) != nil {
+		result.Insert(pod.Status.PodIP)
+	}
+	return result.UnsortedList()
+}