diff --git a/src/api_server.cc b/src/api_server.cc
index cb720e1b..90924015 100644
--- a/src/api_server.cc
+++ b/src/api_server.cc
@@ -128,8 +128,9 @@ void MetadataApiServer::HandleMonitoredResource(
     std::string response = resource.ToJSON()->ToString();
 
     conn->set_headers(std::map<std::string, std::string>({
-      {"Content-Type", "application/json"},
+      {"Connection", "close"},
       {"Content-Length", std::to_string(response.size())},
+      {"Content-Type", "application/json"},
     }));
     conn->write(response);
   } catch (const std::out_of_range& e) {
@@ -148,8 +149,9 @@ void MetadataApiServer::HandleMonitoredResource(
     std::string response = json_response->ToString();
 
     conn->set_headers(std::map<std::string, std::string>({
-      {"Content-Type", "application/json"},
+      {"Connection", "close"},
       {"Content-Length", std::to_string(response.size())},
+      {"Content-Type", "application/json"},
     }));
     conn->write(response);
   }
@@ -171,8 +173,9 @@ void MetadataApiServer::HandleHealthz(
     std::string response = "healthy";
 
     conn->set_headers(std::map<std::string, std::string>({
-      {"Content-Type", "text/plain"},
+      {"Connection", "close"},
       {"Content-Length", std::to_string(response.size())},
+      {"Content-Type", "text/plain"},
     }));
     conn->write(response);
   } else {
@@ -188,8 +191,9 @@ void MetadataApiServer::HandleHealthz(
     std::string response = response_stream.str();
 
     conn->set_headers(std::map<std::string, std::string>({
-      {"Content-Type", "text/plain"},
+      {"Connection", "close"},
       {"Content-Length", std::to_string(response.size())},
+      {"Content-Type", "text/plain"},
     }));
     conn->write(response);
   }