diff --git a/lib/splitclient-rb/sse/event_source/client.rb b/lib/splitclient-rb/sse/event_source/client.rb
index 022894d6..b58406fb 100644
--- a/lib/splitclient-rb/sse/event_source/client.rb
+++ b/lib/splitclient-rb/sse/event_source/client.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: false
 
-require 'socketry'
+require 'socket'
+require 'openssl'
 require 'uri'
+require 'timeout'
 
 module SplitIoClient
   module SSE
@@ -36,12 +38,12 @@ def initialize(config,
 
         def close(status = nil)
           unless connected?
-            @config.logger.error('SSEClient already disconected.') if @config.debug_enabled
+            log_if_debug('SSEClient already disconected.', 3)
             return
           end
 
           @connected.make_false
-          @socket&.close
+          @socket.close
           push_status(status)
         rescue StandardError => e
           @config.logger.error("SSEClient close Error: #{e.inspect}")
@@ -74,30 +76,40 @@ def connected?
 
         def connect_thread(latch)
           @config.threads[:connect_stream] = Thread.new do
-            @config.logger.info('Starting connect_stream thread ...') if @config.debug_enabled
+            log_if_debug('Starting connect_stream thread ...', 2)
             new_status = connect_stream(latch)
             push_status(new_status)
-            @config.logger.info('connect_stream thread finished.') if @config.debug_enabled
+            log_if_debug('connect_stream thread finished.', 2)
           end
         end
 
         def connect_stream(latch)
           return Constants::PUSH_NONRETRYABLE_ERROR unless socket_write(latch)
-
           while connected? || @first_event.value
             begin
-              partial_data = @socket.readpartial(10_000, timeout: @read_timeout)
-
+              partial_data = ""
+              Timeout::timeout @read_timeout do
+                partial_data = @socket.readpartial(10_000)
+              end
               read_first_event(partial_data, latch)
 
               raise 'eof exception' if partial_data == :eof
+            rescue Timeout::Error => e
+              log_if_debug("SSE read operation timed out!: #{e.inspect}", 3)
+              return Constants::PUSH_RETRYABLE_ERROR
+            rescue EOFError
+              raise 'eof exception'
+            rescue  Errno::EAGAIN => e
+              log_if_debug("SSE client transient error: #{e.inspect}", 1)
+              IO.select([tcp_socket])
+              retry
             rescue Errno::EBADF, IOError => e
-              @config.logger.error(e.inspect) if @config.debug_enabled
+              log_if_debug(e.inspect, 3)
               return nil
             rescue StandardError => e
               return nil if ENV['SPLITCLIENT_ENV'] == 'test'
 
-              @config.logger.error("Error reading partial data: #{e.inspect}") if @config.debug_enabled
+              log_if_debug("Error reading partial data: #{e.inspect}", 3)
               return Constants::PUSH_RETRYABLE_ERROR
             end
 
@@ -109,10 +121,10 @@ def connect_stream(latch)
         def socket_write(latch)
           @first_event.make_true
           @socket = socket_connect
-          @socket.write(build_request(@uri))
+          @socket.puts(build_request(@uri))
           true
         rescue StandardError => e
-          @config.logger.error("Error during connecting to #{@uri.host}. Error: #{e.inspect}")
+          log_if_debug("Error during connecting to #{@uri.host}. Error: #{e.inspect}", 3)
           latch.count_down
           false
         end
@@ -138,15 +150,28 @@ def read_first_event(data, latch)
         end
 
         def socket_connect
-          return Socketry::SSL::Socket.connect(@uri.host, @uri.port) if @uri.scheme.casecmp('https').zero?
+          tcp_socket = TCPSocket.new(@uri.host, @uri.port)
+          if @uri.scheme.casecmp('https').zero?
+            begin
+              ssl_context = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext.new
+              ssl_socket = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket.new(tcp_socket, ssl_context)
+              ssl_socket.hostname = @uri.host
+              ssl_socket.connect 
+              return ssl_socket.connect 
+            rescue Exception => e
+              @config.logger.error("socket connect error: #{e.inspect}")
+              puts e.inspect
+              return nil
+            end
+          end
 
-          Socketry::TCP::Socket.connect(@uri.host, @uri.port)
+          tcp_socket
         end
 
         def process_data(partial_data)
           return if partial_data.nil? || partial_data == KEEP_ALIVE_RESPONSE
 
-          @config.logger.debug("Event partial data: #{partial_data}") if @config.debug_enabled
+          log_if_debug("Event partial data: #{partial_data}", 1)
           events = @event_parser.parse(partial_data)
           events.each { |event| process_event(event) }
         rescue StandardError => e
@@ -162,7 +187,7 @@ def build_request(uri)
           req << "SplitSDKMachineName: #{@config.machine_name}\r\n"
           req << "SplitSDKClientKey: #{@api_key.split(//).last(4).join}\r\n" unless @api_key.nil?
           req << "Cache-Control: no-cache\r\n\r\n"
-          @config.logger.debug("Request info: #{req}") if @config.debug_enabled
+          log_if_debug("Request info: #{req}", 1)
           req
         end
 
@@ -200,6 +225,19 @@ def push_status(status)
           @config.logger.debug("Pushing new sse status: #{status}")
           @status_queue.push(status)
         end
+
+        def log_if_debug(text, level)
+          if @config.debug_enabled
+            case level
+            when 1
+              @config.logger.debug(text)
+            when 2
+              @config.logger.info(text)
+            else
+              @config.logger.error(text)
+            end
+          end
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/splitclient-rb/version.rb b/lib/splitclient-rb/version.rb
index 1afbdd0a..e7470b9c 100644
--- a/lib/splitclient-rb/version.rb
+++ b/lib/splitclient-rb/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module SplitIoClient
-  VERSION = '8.9.0'
+  VERSION = '8.10.0-rc1'
 end
diff --git a/splitclient-rb.gemspec b/splitclient-rb.gemspec
index 3c818df9..742c6d3f 100644
--- a/splitclient-rb.gemspec
+++ b/splitclient-rb.gemspec
@@ -59,6 +59,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'lru_redux', '~> 1.1'
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'net-http-persistent', '>= 2.9', '< 5.0'
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'redis', '>= 4.0.0', '< 6.0'
-  spec.add_runtime_dependency 'socketry', '>= 0.4', '< 1.0'
   spec.add_runtime_dependency 'thread_safe', '~> 0.3'
 end