diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bd1b40e6..4a89912e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-webflux</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<!-- TODO: this should eventually be removed -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>io.projectreactor.ipc</groupId>
+			<artifactId>reactor-netty</artifactId>
+			<version>0.6.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot.experimental</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web-reactive</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/config/GatewayAutoConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/config/GatewayAutoConfiguration.java
index ee60eb0e..541b3d1a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/config/GatewayAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/config/GatewayAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class GatewayAutoConfiguration {
 	public HttpClient httpClient() {
 		return HttpClient.create(opts -> {
 			//opts.poolResources(PoolResources.elastic("proxy"));
-			opts.disablePool(); //TODO: why do I need this again?
+			//opts.disablePool(); //TODO: why do I need this again?
 		});
 	}