diff --git a/reg-tests/jwt/jwt_decrypt.vtc b/reg-tests/jwt/jwt_decrypt.vtc
index 7a0c2a264..9ccb61d69 100644
--- a/reg-tests/jwt/jwt_decrypt.vtc
+++ b/reg-tests/jwt/jwt_decrypt.vtc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ feature ignore_unknown_macro
 
 server s1 -repeat 30 {
   rxreq
-  txresp
+  txresp -hdr "Connection: close"
 } -start
 
 haproxy h1 -conf {