diff --git a/dubbo-rpc/dubbo-rpc-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/rpc/protocol/rest/netty/NettyHttpResponse.java b/dubbo-rpc/dubbo-rpc-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/rpc/protocol/rest/netty/NettyHttpResponse.java
index 24aa8153a71..3f90ffb2728 100644
--- a/dubbo-rpc/dubbo-rpc-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/rpc/protocol/rest/netty/NettyHttpResponse.java
+++ b/dubbo-rpc/dubbo-rpc-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/rpc/protocol/rest/netty/NettyHttpResponse.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import org.apache.dubbo.metadata.rest.media.MediaType;
 import org.apache.dubbo.remoting.Constants;
 import org.apache.dubbo.rpc.protocol.rest.RestHeaderEnum;
+import org.apache.dubbo.rpc.protocol.rest.constans.RestConstant;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
@@ -36,10 +37,9 @@
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.DefaultHttpResponse;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaderNames;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaderValues;
-import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaders;
-import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaders.Names;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpMethod;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpResponseStatus;
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpUtil;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.LastHttpContent;
 
 import static io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpVersion.HTTP_1_1;
@@ -51,11 +51,13 @@ public class NettyHttpResponse implements HttpResponse {
     private static final int EMPTY_CONTENT_LENGTH = 0;
     private int status = 200;
     private OutputStream os;
-    private Map<String, List<String>> outputHeaders;
+    private final Map<String, List<String>> outputHeaders;
     private final ChannelHandlerContext ctx;
     private boolean committed;
-    private boolean keepAlive;
-    private HttpMethod method;
+    private final boolean keepAlive;
+
+    private final int idleTimeout;
+    private final HttpMethod method;
     // raw response body
     private Object responseBody;
     // raw response class
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ public NettyHttpResponse(final ChannelHandlerContext ctx, final boolean keepAliv
         outputHeaders = new HashMap<>();
         this.method = method;
         os = new ChunkOutputStream(this, ctx, url.getParameter(Constants.PAYLOAD_KEY, Constants.DEFAULT_PAYLOAD));
+        this.idleTimeout = url.getParameter(RestConstant.IDLE_TIMEOUT_PARAM, RestConstant.IDLE_TIMEOUT);
         this.ctx = ctx;
         this.keepAlive = keepAlive;
     }
@@ -125,7 +128,6 @@ public void reset() {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Messages.MESSAGES.alreadyCommitted()");
         }
         outputHeaders.clear();
-        outputHeaders.clear();
     }
 
     public boolean isKeepAlive() {
@@ -141,7 +143,7 @@ public DefaultHttpResponse getDefaultHttpResponse() {
     public DefaultHttpResponse getEmptyHttpResponse() {
         DefaultFullHttpResponse res = new DefaultFullHttpResponse(HTTP_1_1, HttpResponseStatus.valueOf(getStatus()));
         if (method == null || !method.equals(HttpMethod.HEAD)) {
-            res.headers().add(Names.CONTENT_LENGTH, EMPTY_CONTENT_LENGTH);
+            res.headers().add(HttpHeaderNames.CONTENT_LENGTH, EMPTY_CONTENT_LENGTH);
         }
         transformResponseHeaders(res);
 
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ private void transformResponseHeaders(io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpResponse r
     public void prepareChunkStream() {
         committed = true;
         DefaultHttpResponse response = getDefaultHttpResponse();
-        HttpHeaders.setTransferEncodingChunked(response);
+        HttpUtil.setTransferEncodingChunked(response, true);
         ctx.write(response);
     }
 
@@ -185,12 +187,7 @@ public void flushBuffer() throws IOException {
     @Override
     public void addOutputHeaders(String name, String value) {
 
-        List<String> values = outputHeaders.get(name);
-
-        if (values == null) {
-            values = new ArrayList<>();
-            outputHeaders.put(name, values);
-        }
+        List<String> values = outputHeaders.computeIfAbsent(name, k -> new ArrayList<>());
 
         if (values.contains(value)) {
             return;
@@ -200,10 +197,12 @@ public void addOutputHeaders(String name, String value) {
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes", "unchecked"})
-    public static void transformHeaders(
-            NettyHttpResponse nettyResponse, io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpResponse response) {
+    public void transformHeaders(NettyHttpResponse nettyResponse, io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpResponse response) {
         if (nettyResponse.isKeepAlive()) {
             response.headers().set(HttpHeaderNames.CONNECTION, HttpHeaderValues.KEEP_ALIVE);
+            if (idleTimeout > 0) {
+                response.headers().set(HttpHeaderNames.KEEP_ALIVE, "timeout=" + idleTimeout);
+            }
         } else {
             response.headers().set(HttpHeaderNames.CONNECTION, HttpHeaderValues.CLOSE);
         }
diff --git a/dubbo-rpc/dubbo-rpc-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/rpc/protocol/rest/netty/RestHttpRequestDecoder.java b/dubbo-rpc/dubbo-rpc-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/rpc/protocol/rest/netty/RestHttpRequestDecoder.java
index 753bc09a178..20f93344e58 100644
--- a/dubbo-rpc/dubbo-rpc-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/rpc/protocol/rest/netty/RestHttpRequestDecoder.java
+++ b/dubbo-rpc/dubbo-rpc-rest/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/rpc/protocol/rest/netty/RestHttpRequestDecoder.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToMessageDecoder;
-import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaders;
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpUtil;
 
 import static org.apache.dubbo.config.Constants.SERVER_THREAD_POOL_NAME;
 
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ public RestHttpRequestDecoder(URL url, ServiceDeployer serviceDeployer) {
     protected void decode(
             ChannelHandlerContext ctx, io.netty.handler.codec.http.FullHttpRequest request, List<Object> out)
             throws Exception {
-        boolean keepAlive = HttpHeaders.isKeepAlive(request);
-
+        boolean keepAlive = HttpUtil.isKeepAlive(request);
         NettyHttpResponse nettyHttpResponse = new NettyHttpResponse(ctx, keepAlive, url);
         NettyRequestFacade requestFacade = new NettyRequestFacade(request, ctx, serviceDeployer);