diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index d1328ca9..0a163d74 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.7.0"
+  ".": "2.7.1"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a673c706..d310b78e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2.7.1 (2026-08-04)
+
+Full Changelog: [v2.7.0...v2.7.1](https://github.com/turbopuffer/turbopuffer-python/compare/v2.7.0...v2.7.1)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **client:** thread connection limits into the sync transport ([#252](https://github.com/turbopuffer/turbopuffer-python/issues/252)) ([05dd0a2](https://github.com/turbopuffer/turbopuffer-python/commit/05dd0a2ce3bc5c474fc5c33bdf5125f36443a608))
+
 ## 2.7.0 (2026-07-30)
 
 Full Changelog: [v2.6.0...v2.7.0](https://github.com/turbopuffer/turbopuffer-python/compare/v2.6.0...v2.7.0)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index acb85b5e..94cd87c5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "turbopuffer"
-version = "2.7.0"
+version = "2.7.1"
 description = "The official Python library for the turbopuffer API"
 dynamic = ["readme"]
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/src/turbopuffer/_base_client.py b/src/turbopuffer/_base_client.py
index ae0689c5..65e13a2a 100644
--- a/src/turbopuffer/_base_client.py
+++ b/src/turbopuffer/_base_client.py
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         kwargs.setdefault("timeout", DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)
         kwargs.setdefault("limits", DEFAULT_CONNECTION_LIMITS)
         kwargs.setdefault("follow_redirects", True)
-        kwargs.setdefault("transport", HttpxTransport())
+        kwargs.setdefault("transport", HttpxTransport(limits=kwargs["limits"]))
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
 
 
diff --git a/src/turbopuffer/_version.py b/src/turbopuffer/_version.py
index cf15fe02..90b79c12 100644
--- a/src/turbopuffer/_version.py
+++ b/src/turbopuffer/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.
 
 __title__ = "turbopuffer"
-__version__ = "2.7.0"  # x-release-please-version
+__version__ = "2.7.1"  # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
index 2412b01c..73e3c109 100644
--- a/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_client.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
     HTTPX_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
     RETRY_AFTER_LIMIT_SECS,
+    DEFAULT_CONNECTION_LIMITS,
     BaseClient,
     OtherPlatform,
     DefaultHttpxClient,
@@ -1031,6 +1032,20 @@ def test_default_client_creation(self) -> None:
             limits=httpx.Limits(max_connections=100, max_keepalive_connections=20),
         )
 
+    def test_default_client_honors_connection_limits(self) -> None:
+        limits = DEFAULT_CONNECTION_LIMITS
+        pool = DefaultHttpxClient()._transport._pool  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+        assert (pool._max_connections, pool._max_keepalive_connections, pool._keepalive_expiry) == (  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType]
+            limits.max_connections,
+            limits.max_keepalive_connections,
+            limits.keepalive_expiry,
+        )
+
+    def test_default_client_honors_custom_connection_limits(self) -> None:
+        limits = httpx.Limits(max_connections=7, max_keepalive_connections=3, keepalive_expiry=1.0)
+        pool = DefaultHttpxClient(limits=limits)._transport._pool  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+        assert (pool._max_connections, pool._max_keepalive_connections, pool._keepalive_expiry) == (7, 3, 1.0)  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType]
+
     @pytest.mark.respx(base_url=base_url)
     def test_follow_redirects(self, respx_mock: MockRouter, client: Turbopuffer) -> None:
         # Test that the default follow_redirects=True allows following redirects