diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 65e7023c3..1357bb2ae 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import Transport, {
 } from './lib/Transport';
 import { URL } from 'url';
 import Connection, { AgentOptions, agentFn } from './lib/Connection';
-import ConnectionPool, { ResurrectEvent, BasicAuth, ApiKeyAuth } from './lib/ConnectionPool';
+import { ConnectionPool, ResurrectEvent, BasicAuth, ApiKeyAuth } from './lib/pool';
 import Serializer from './lib/Serializer';
 import * as RequestParams from './api/requestParams';
 import * as errors from './lib/errors';
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index e3d6dcbdb..6fc3e7708 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const { URL } = require('url')
 const debug = require('debug')('elasticsearch')
 const Transport = require('./lib/Transport')
 const Connection = require('./lib/Connection')
-const ConnectionPool = require('./lib/ConnectionPool')
+const { ConnectionPool, CloudConnectionPool } = require('./lib/pool')
 const Serializer = require('./lib/Serializer')
 const errors = require('./lib/errors')
 const { ConfigurationError } = errors
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ class Client extends EventEmitter {
 
     const options = Object.assign({}, {
       Connection,
-      ConnectionPool,
       Transport,
       Serializer,
+      ConnectionPool: opts.cloud ? CloudConnectionPool : ConnectionPool,
       maxRetries: 3,
       requestTimeout: 30000,
       pingTimeout: 3000,
diff --git a/lib/Connection.d.ts b/lib/Connection.d.ts
index 9f3e6d9cf..527b71fb7 100644
--- a/lib/Connection.d.ts
+++ b/lib/Connection.d.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import { URL } from 'url';
 import { inspect, InspectOptions } from 'util';
-import { ApiKeyAuth, BasicAuth } from './ConnectionPool'
+import { ApiKeyAuth, BasicAuth } from './pool'
 import * as http from 'http';
 import { ConnectionOptions as TlsConnectionOptions } from 'tls';
 
diff --git a/lib/ConnectionPool.js b/lib/ConnectionPool.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c1f2d6720..000000000
--- a/lib/ConnectionPool.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,386 +0,0 @@
-// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V under one or more agreements.
-// Elasticsearch B.V licenses this file to you under the Apache 2.0 License.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information
-
-'use strict'
-
-const assert = require('assert')
-const { URL } = require('url')
-const debug = require('debug')('elasticsearch')
-const Connection = require('./Connection')
-const noop = () => {}
-
-class ConnectionPool {
-  constructor (opts = {}) {
-    this.connections = new Map()
-    this.dead = []
-    this.selector = opts.selector
-    this.auth = opts.auth || null
-    this._ssl = opts.ssl
-    this._agent = opts.agent
-    // the resurrect timeout is 60s
-    this.resurrectTimeout = 1000 * 60
-    // number of consecutive failures after which
-    // the timeout doesn't increase
-    this.resurrectTimeoutCutoff = 5
-    this.pingTimeout = opts.pingTimeout
-    this.Connection = opts.Connection
-    this.emit = opts.emit || noop
-    this._sniffEnabled = opts.sniffEnabled || false
-
-    const resurrectStrategy = opts.resurrectStrategy || 'ping'
-    this.resurrectStrategy = ConnectionPool.resurrectStrategies[resurrectStrategy]
-    assert(
-      this.resurrectStrategy != null,
-      `Invalid resurrection strategy: '${resurrectStrategy}'`
-    )
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Marks a connection as 'alive'.
-   * If needed removes the connection from the dead list
-   * and then resets the `deadCount`.
-   * If sniffing is not enabled and there is only
-   * one node, this method is a noop.
-   *
-   * @param {object} connection
-   */
-  markAlive (connection) {
-    if (this._sniffEnabled === false && this.connections.size === 1) return
-    const { id } = connection
-    debug(`Marking as 'alive' connection '${id}'`)
-    const index = this.dead.indexOf(id)
-    if (index > -1) this.dead.splice(index, 1)
-    connection.status = Connection.statuses.ALIVE
-    connection.deadCount = 0
-    connection.resurrectTimeout = 0
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Marks a connection as 'dead'.
-   * If needed adds the connection to the dead list
-   * and then increments the `deadCount`.
-   * If sniffing is not enabled and there is only
-   * one node, this method is a noop.
-   *
-   * @param {object} connection
-   */
-  markDead (connection) {
-    if (this._sniffEnabled === false && this.connections.size === 1) return
-    const { id } = connection
-    debug(`Marking as 'dead' connection '${id}'`)
-    if (this.dead.indexOf(id) === -1) {
-      this.dead.push(id)
-    }
-    connection.status = Connection.statuses.DEAD
-    connection.deadCount++
-    // resurrectTimeout formula:
-    // `resurrectTimeout * 2 ** min(deadCount - 1, resurrectTimeoutCutoff)`
-    connection.resurrectTimeout = Date.now() + this.resurrectTimeout * Math.pow(
-      2, Math.min(connection.deadCount - 1, this.resurrectTimeoutCutoff)
-    )
-
-    // sort the dead list in ascending order
-    // based on the resurrectTimeout
-    this.dead.sort((a, b) => {
-      const conn1 = this.connections.get(a)
-      const conn2 = this.connections.get(b)
-      return conn1.resurrectTimeout - conn2.resurrectTimeout
-    })
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * If enabled, tries to resurrect a connection with the given
-   * resurrect strategy ('ping', 'optimistic', 'none').
-   *
-   * @param {object} { now, requestId }
-   * @param {function} callback (isAlive, connection)
-   */
-  resurrect (opts, callback = noop) {
-    if (this.resurrectStrategy === 0 || this.dead.length === 0) {
-      debug('Nothing to resurrect')
-      callback(null, null)
-      return
-    }
-
-    // the dead list is sorted in ascending order based on the timeout
-    // so the first element will always be the one with the smaller timeout
-    const connection = this.connections.get(this.dead[0])
-    if ((opts.now || Date.now()) < connection.resurrectTimeout) {
-      debug('Nothing to resurrect')
-      callback(null, null)
-      return
-    }
-
-    const { id } = connection
-
-    // ping strategy
-    if (this.resurrectStrategy === 1) {
-      connection.request({
-        method: 'HEAD',
-        path: '/',
-        timeout: this.pingTimeout
-      }, (err, response) => {
-        var isAlive = true
-        const statusCode = response !== null ? response.statusCode : 0
-        if (err != null ||
-           (statusCode === 502 || statusCode === 503 || statusCode === 504)) {
-          debug(`Resurrect: connection '${id}' is still dead`)
-          this.markDead(connection)
-          isAlive = false
-        } else {
-          debug(`Resurrect: connection '${id}' is now alive`)
-          this.markAlive(connection)
-        }
-        this.emit('resurrect', null, {
-          strategy: 'ping',
-          name: opts.name,
-          request: { id: opts.requestId },
-          isAlive,
-          connection
-        })
-        callback(isAlive, connection)
-      })
-    // optimistic strategy
-    } else {
-      debug(`Resurrect: optimistic resurrection for connection '${id}'`)
-      this.dead.splice(this.dead.indexOf(id), 1)
-      connection.status = Connection.statuses.ALIVE
-      this.emit('resurrect', null, {
-        strategy: 'optimistic',
-        name: opts.name,
-        request: { id: opts.requestId },
-        isAlive: true,
-        connection
-      })
-      // eslint-disable-next-line standard/no-callback-literal
-      callback(true, connection)
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Returns an alive connection if present,
-   * otherwise returns null.
-   * By default it filters the `master` only nodes.
-   * It uses the selector to choose which
-   * connection return.
-   *
-   * @param {object} options (filter and selector)
-   * @returns {object|null} connection
-   */
-  getConnection (opts = {}) {
-    const filter = opts.filter || (() => true)
-    const selector = opts.selector || (c => c[0])
-
-    // TODO: can we cache this?
-    const connections = []
-    for (var connection of this.connections.values()) {
-      if (connection.status === Connection.statuses.ALIVE) {
-        if (filter(connection) === true) {
-          connections.push(connection)
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (connections.length === 0) return null
-
-    return selector(connections)
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Adds a new connection to the pool.
-   *
-   * @param {object|string} host
-   * @returns {ConnectionPool}
-   */
-  addConnection (opts) {
-    if (Array.isArray(opts)) {
-      opts.forEach(o => this.addConnection(o))
-      return
-    }
-
-    if (typeof opts === 'string') {
-      opts = this.urlToHost(opts)
-    }
-
-    if (opts.url.username !== '' && opts.url.password !== '') {
-      opts.auth = {
-        username: decodeURIComponent(opts.url.username),
-        password: decodeURIComponent(opts.url.password)
-      }
-    } else if (this.auth !== null) {
-      opts.auth = this.auth
-    }
-
-    if (opts.ssl == null) opts.ssl = this._ssl
-    if (opts.agent == null) opts.agent = this._agent
-
-    const connection = new this.Connection(opts)
-    debug('Adding a new connection', connection)
-    if (this.connections.has(connection.id)) {
-      throw new Error(`Connection with id '${connection.id}' is already present`)
-    }
-    this.connections.set(connection.id, connection)
-    return connection
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Removes a new connection to the pool.
-   *
-   * @param {object} connection
-   * @returns {ConnectionPool}
-   */
-  removeConnection (connection) {
-    debug('Removing connection', connection)
-    connection.close(noop)
-    const { id } = connection
-    this.connections.delete(id)
-    var index = this.dead.indexOf(id)
-    if (index > -1) this.dead.splice(index, 1)
-    return this
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Empties the connection pool.
-   *
-   * @returns {ConnectionPool}
-   */
-  empty (callback) {
-    debug('Emptying the connection pool')
-    var openConnections = this.connections.size
-    this.connections.forEach(connection => {
-      connection.close(() => {
-        if (--openConnections === 0) {
-          this.connections = new Map()
-          this.dead = []
-          callback()
-        }
-      })
-    })
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Update the ConnectionPool with new connections.
-   *
-   * @param {array} array of connections
-   * @returns {ConnectionPool}
-   */
-  update (connections) {
-    debug('Updating the connection pool')
-    for (var i = 0; i < connections.length; i++) {
-      const connection = connections[i]
-      // if we already have a given connection in the pool
-      // we check its status, if is 'alive', we do nothing,
-      // if 'dead' we mark it as alive, we do not close the old
-      // one to avoid socket issues
-      if (this.connections.has(connection.id) === true) {
-        debug(`The connection with id '${connection.id}' is already present`)
-        const oldConnection = this.connections.get(connection.id)
-        if (oldConnection.status === Connection.statuses.DEAD) {
-          this.markAlive(oldConnection)
-        }
-      // in case the user has passed a single url (or an array of urls),
-      // the connection id will be the full href; to avoid closing valid connections
-      // because are not present in the pool, we check also the node url,
-      // and if is already present we update its id with the ES provided one.
-      } else if (this.connections.has(connection.url.href) === true) {
-        const oldConnection = this.connections.get(connection.url.href)
-        this.connections.delete(connection.url.href)
-        oldConnection.id = connection.id
-        this.connections.set(connection.id, oldConnection)
-        if (oldConnection.status === Connection.statuses.DEAD) {
-          this.markAlive(oldConnection)
-        }
-      } else {
-        this.addConnection(connection)
-      }
-    }
-
-    const ids = connections.map(c => c.id)
-    // remove all the dead connections and old connections
-    for (const connection of this.connections.values()) {
-      if (ids.indexOf(connection.id) === -1) {
-        this.removeConnection(connection)
-      }
-    }
-
-    return this
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Transforms the nodes objects to a host object.
-   *
-   * @param {object} nodes
-   * @returns {array} hosts
-   */
-  nodesToHost (nodes, protocol) {
-    const ids = Object.keys(nodes)
-    const hosts = []
-
-    for (var i = 0, len = ids.length; i < len; i++) {
-      const node = nodes[ids[i]]
-      // If there is no protocol in
-      // the `publish_address` new URL will throw
-      // the publish_address can have two forms:
-      //   - ip:port
-      //   - hostname/ip:port
-      // if we encounter the second case, we should
-      // use the hostname instead of the ip
-      var address = node.http.publish_address
-      const parts = address.split('/')
-      // the url is in the form of hostname/ip:port
-      if (parts.length > 1) {
-        const hostname = parts[0]
-        const port = parts[1].match(/((?::))(?:[0-9]+)$/g)[0].slice(1)
-        address = `${hostname}:${port}`
-      }
-
-      address = address.slice(0, 4) === 'http'
-        ? address
-        : `${protocol}//${address}`
-      const roles = node.roles.reduce((acc, role) => {
-        acc[role] = true
-        return acc
-      }, {})
-
-      hosts.push({
-        url: new URL(address),
-        id: ids[i],
-        roles: Object.assign({
-          [Connection.roles.MASTER]: true,
-          [Connection.roles.DATA]: true,
-          [Connection.roles.INGEST]: true,
-          [Connection.roles.ML]: false
-        }, roles)
-      })
-    }
-
-    return hosts
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Transforms an url string to a host object
-   *
-   * @param {string} url
-   * @returns {object} host
-   */
-  urlToHost (url) {
-    return {
-      url: new URL(url)
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-ConnectionPool.resurrectStrategies = {
-  none: 0,
-  ping: 1,
-  optimistic: 2
-}
-
-// https://gist.github.com/guilhermepontes/17ae0cc71fa2b13ea8c20c94c5c35dc4
-// const shuffleArray = arr => arr
-//   .map(a => [Math.random(), a])
-//   .sort((a, b) => a[0] - b[0])
-//   .map(a => a[1])
-
-module.exports = ConnectionPool
diff --git a/lib/Transport.d.ts b/lib/Transport.d.ts
index 98ab2d43a..8099de2ea 100644
--- a/lib/Transport.d.ts
+++ b/lib/Transport.d.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Elasticsearch B.V licenses this file to you under the Apache 2.0 License.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information
 
-import ConnectionPool from './ConnectionPool';
+import { ConnectionPool, CloudConnectionPool } from './pool';
 import Connection from './Connection';
 import Serializer from './Serializer';
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ declare type emitFn = (event: string | symbol, ...args: any[]) => boolean;
 
 interface TransportOptions {
   emit: emitFn & noopFn;
-  connectionPool: ConnectionPool;
+  connectionPool: ConnectionPool | CloudConnectionPool;
   serializer: Serializer;
   maxRetries: number;
   requestTimeout: number | string;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export default class Transport {
     DEFAULT: string;
   };
   emit: emitFn & noopFn;
-  connectionPool: ConnectionPool;
+  connectionPool: ConnectionPool | CloudConnectionPool;
   serializer: Serializer;
   maxRetries: number;
   requestTimeout: number;
diff --git a/lib/Transport.js b/lib/Transport.js
index 76862b98c..7e5b83681 100644
--- a/lib/Transport.js
+++ b/lib/Transport.js
@@ -314,10 +314,12 @@ class Transport {
     if (this._sniffEnabled === true && now > this._nextSniff) {
       this.sniff({ reason: Transport.sniffReasons.SNIFF_INTERVAL, requestId: opts.requestId })
     }
-    this.connectionPool.resurrect({ now, requestId: opts.requestId, name: this.name })
     return this.connectionPool.getConnection({
       filter: this.nodeFilter,
-      selector: this.nodeSelector
+      selector: this.nodeSelector,
+      requestId: opts.requestId,
+      name: this.name,
+      now
     })
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/pool/BaseConnectionPool.js b/lib/pool/BaseConnectionPool.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6241ace5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/pool/BaseConnectionPool.js
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V under one or more agreements.
+// Elasticsearch B.V licenses this file to you under the Apache 2.0 License.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information
+
+'use strict'
+
+const { URL } = require('url')
+const debug = require('debug')('elasticsearch')
+const Connection = require('../Connection')
+const noop = () => {}
+
+class BaseConnectionPool {
+  constructor (opts) {
+    // list of nodes and weights
+    this.connections = []
+    // how many nodes we have in our scheduler
+    this.size = this.connections.length
+    this.Connection = opts.Connection
+    this.emit = opts.emit || noop
+    this.auth = opts.auth || null
+    this._ssl = opts.ssl
+    this._agent = opts.agent
+  }
+
+  getConnection () {
+    throw new Error('getConnection must be implemented')
+  }
+
+  markAlive () {
+    return this
+  }
+
+  markDead () {
+    return this
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new connection instance.
+   */
+  createConnection (opts) {
+    if (typeof opts === 'string') {
+      opts = this.urlToHost(opts)
+    }
+
+    if (opts.url.username !== '' && opts.url.password !== '') {
+      opts.auth = {
+        username: decodeURIComponent(opts.url.username),
+        password: decodeURIComponent(opts.url.password)
+      }
+    } else if (this.auth !== null) {
+      opts.auth = this.auth
+    }
+
+    if (opts.ssl == null) opts.ssl = this._ssl
+    if (opts.agent == null) opts.agent = this._agent
+
+    const connection = new this.Connection(opts)
+
+    for (const conn of this.connections) {
+      if (conn.id === connection.id) {
+        throw new Error(`Connection with id '${connection.id}' is already present`)
+      }
+    }
+
+    return connection
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Adds a new connection to the pool.
+   *
+   * @param {object|string} host
+   * @returns {ConnectionPool}
+   */
+  addConnection (opts) {
+    if (Array.isArray(opts)) {
+      return opts.forEach(o => this.addConnection(o))
+    }
+
+    if (typeof opts === 'string') {
+      opts = this.urlToHost(opts)
+    }
+
+    const connectionById = this.connections.find(c => c.id === opts.id)
+    const connectionByUrl = this.connections.find(c => c.id === opts.url.href)
+
+    if (connectionById || connectionByUrl) {
+      throw new Error(`Connection with id '${opts.id || opts.url.href}' is already present`)
+    }
+
+    this.update([...this.connections, opts])
+    return this.connections[this.size - 1]
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Removes a new connection to the pool.
+   *
+   * @param {object} connection
+   * @returns {ConnectionPool}
+   */
+  removeConnection (connection) {
+    debug('Removing connection', connection)
+    return this.update(this.connections.filter(c => c.id !== connection.id))
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Empties the connection pool.
+   *
+   * @returns {ConnectionPool}
+   */
+  empty (callback) {
+    debug('Emptying the connection pool')
+    var openConnections = this.size
+    this.connections.forEach(connection => {
+      connection.close(() => {
+        if (--openConnections === 0) {
+          this.connections = []
+          this.size = this.connections.length
+          callback()
+        }
+      })
+    })
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Update the ConnectionPool with new connections.
+   *
+   * @param {array} array of connections
+   * @returns {ConnectionPool}
+   */
+  update (nodes) {
+    debug('Updating the connection pool')
+    const newConnections = []
+    const oldConnections = []
+
+    for (const node of nodes) {
+      // if we already have a given connection in the pool
+      // we mark it as alive and we do not close the connection
+      // to avoid socket issues
+      const connectionById = this.connections.find(c => c.id === node.id)
+      const connectionByUrl = this.connections.find(c => c.id === node.url.href)
+      if (connectionById) {
+        debug(`The connection with id '${node.id}' is already present`)
+        this.markAlive(connectionById)
+        newConnections.push(connectionById)
+      // in case the user has passed a single url (or an array of urls),
+      // the connection id will be the full href; to avoid closing valid connections
+      // because are not present in the pool, we check also the node url,
+      // and if is already present we update its id with the ES provided one.
+      } else if (connectionByUrl) {
+        connectionByUrl.id = node.id
+        this.markAlive(connectionByUrl)
+        newConnections.push(connectionByUrl)
+      } else {
+        newConnections.push(this.createConnection(node))
+      }
+    }
+
+    const ids = nodes.map(c => c.id)
+    // remove all the dead connections and old connections
+    for (const connection of this.connections) {
+      if (ids.indexOf(connection.id) === -1) {
+        oldConnections.push(connection)
+      }
+    }
+
+    // close old connections
+    oldConnections.forEach(connection => connection.close())
+
+    this.connections = newConnections
+    this.size = this.connections.length
+
+    return this
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Transforms the nodes objects to a host object.
+   *
+   * @param {object} nodes
+   * @returns {array} hosts
+   */
+  nodesToHost (nodes, protocol) {
+    const ids = Object.keys(nodes)
+    const hosts = []
+
+    for (var i = 0, len = ids.length; i < len; i++) {
+      const node = nodes[ids[i]]
+      // If there is no protocol in
+      // the `publish_address` new URL will throw
+      // the publish_address can have two forms:
+      //   - ip:port
+      //   - hostname/ip:port
+      // if we encounter the second case, we should
+      // use the hostname instead of the ip
+      var address = node.http.publish_address
+      const parts = address.split('/')
+      // the url is in the form of hostname/ip:port
+      if (parts.length > 1) {
+        const hostname = parts[0]
+        const port = parts[1].match(/((?::))(?:[0-9]+)$/g)[0].slice(1)
+        address = `${hostname}:${port}`
+      }
+
+      address = address.slice(0, 4) === 'http'
+        ? address
+        : `${protocol}//${address}`
+      const roles = node.roles.reduce((acc, role) => {
+        acc[role] = true
+        return acc
+      }, {})
+
+      hosts.push({
+        url: new URL(address),
+        id: ids[i],
+        roles: Object.assign({
+          [Connection.roles.MASTER]: true,
+          [Connection.roles.DATA]: true,
+          [Connection.roles.INGEST]: true,
+          [Connection.roles.ML]: false
+        }, roles)
+      })
+    }
+
+    return hosts
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Transforms an url string to a host object
+   *
+   * @param {string} url
+   * @returns {object} host
+   */
+  urlToHost (url) {
+    return {
+      url: new URL(url)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = BaseConnectionPool
diff --git a/lib/pool/CloudConnectionPool.js b/lib/pool/CloudConnectionPool.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ff5a4da2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/pool/CloudConnectionPool.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V under one or more agreements.
+// Elasticsearch B.V licenses this file to you under the Apache 2.0 License.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information
+
+'use strict'
+
+const BaseConnectionPool = require('./BaseConnectionPool')
+
+class CloudConnectionPool extends BaseConnectionPool {
+  constructor (opts = {}) {
+    super(opts)
+    this.cloudConnection = null
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the only cloud connection.
+   *
+   * @returns {object} connection
+   */
+  getConnection () {
+    return this.cloudConnection
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Empties the connection pool.
+   *
+   * @returns {ConnectionPool}
+   */
+  empty (callback) {
+    super.empty(() => {
+      this.cloudConnection = null
+      callback()
+    })
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Update the ConnectionPool with new connections.
+   *
+   * @param {array} array of connections
+   * @returns {ConnectionPool}
+   */
+  update (connections) {
+    super.update(connections)
+    this.cloudConnection = this.connections[0]
+    return this
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = CloudConnectionPool
diff --git a/lib/pool/ConnectionPool.js b/lib/pool/ConnectionPool.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8114ced3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/pool/ConnectionPool.js
@@ -0,0 +1,232 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V under one or more agreements.
+// Elasticsearch B.V licenses this file to you under the Apache 2.0 License.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information
+
+'use strict'
+
+const BaseConnectionPool = require('./BaseConnectionPool')
+const assert = require('assert')
+const debug = require('debug')('elasticsearch')
+const Connection = require('../Connection')
+const noop = () => {}
+
+class ConnectionPool extends BaseConnectionPool {
+  constructor (opts = {}) {
+    super(opts)
+
+    this.dead = []
+    // the resurrect timeout is 60s
+    this.resurrectTimeout = 1000 * 60
+    // number of consecutive failures after which
+    // the timeout doesn't increase
+    this.resurrectTimeoutCutoff = 5
+    this.pingTimeout = opts.pingTimeout
+    this._sniffEnabled = opts.sniffEnabled || false
+
+    const resurrectStrategy = opts.resurrectStrategy || 'ping'
+    this.resurrectStrategy = ConnectionPool.resurrectStrategies[resurrectStrategy]
+    assert(
+      this.resurrectStrategy != null,
+      `Invalid resurrection strategy: '${resurrectStrategy}'`
+    )
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Marks a connection as 'alive'.
+   * If needed removes the connection from the dead list
+   * and then resets the `deadCount`.
+   * If sniffing is not enabled and there is only
+   * one node, this method is a noop.
+   *
+   * @param {object} connection
+   */
+  markAlive (connection) {
+    if (this._sniffEnabled === false && this.size === 1) return this
+    const { id } = connection
+    debug(`Marking as 'alive' connection '${id}'`)
+    const index = this.dead.indexOf(id)
+    if (index > -1) this.dead.splice(index, 1)
+    connection.status = Connection.statuses.ALIVE
+    connection.deadCount = 0
+    connection.resurrectTimeout = 0
+    return this
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Marks a connection as 'dead'.
+   * If needed adds the connection to the dead list
+   * and then increments the `deadCount`.
+   * If sniffing is not enabled and there is only
+   * one node, this method is a noop.
+   *
+   * @param {object} connection
+   */
+  markDead (connection) {
+    if (this._sniffEnabled === false && this.size === 1) return this
+    const { id } = connection
+    debug(`Marking as 'dead' connection '${id}'`)
+    if (this.dead.indexOf(id) === -1) {
+      this.dead.push(id)
+    }
+    connection.status = Connection.statuses.DEAD
+    connection.deadCount++
+    // resurrectTimeout formula:
+    // `resurrectTimeout * 2 ** min(deadCount - 1, resurrectTimeoutCutoff)`
+    connection.resurrectTimeout = Date.now() + this.resurrectTimeout * Math.pow(
+      2, Math.min(connection.deadCount - 1, this.resurrectTimeoutCutoff)
+    )
+
+    // sort the dead list in ascending order
+    // based on the resurrectTimeout
+    this.dead.sort((a, b) => {
+      const conn1 = this.connections.find(c => c.id === a)
+      const conn2 = this.connections.find(c => c.id === b)
+      return conn1.resurrectTimeout - conn2.resurrectTimeout
+    })
+
+    return this
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * If enabled, tries to resurrect a connection with the given
+   * resurrect strategy ('ping', 'optimistic', 'none').
+   *
+   * @param {object} { now, requestId }
+   * @param {function} callback (isAlive, connection)
+   */
+  resurrect (opts, callback = noop) {
+    if (this.resurrectStrategy === 0 || this.dead.length === 0) {
+      debug('Nothing to resurrect')
+      callback(null, null)
+      return
+    }
+
+    // the dead list is sorted in ascending order based on the timeout
+    // so the first element will always be the one with the smaller timeout
+    const connection = this.connections.find(c => c.id === this.dead[0])
+    if ((opts.now || Date.now()) < connection.resurrectTimeout) {
+      debug('Nothing to resurrect')
+      callback(null, null)
+      return
+    }
+
+    const { id } = connection
+
+    // ping strategy
+    if (this.resurrectStrategy === 1) {
+      connection.request({
+        method: 'HEAD',
+        path: '/',
+        timeout: this.pingTimeout
+      }, (err, response) => {
+        var isAlive = true
+        const statusCode = response !== null ? response.statusCode : 0
+        if (err != null ||
+           (statusCode === 502 || statusCode === 503 || statusCode === 504)) {
+          debug(`Resurrect: connection '${id}' is still dead`)
+          this.markDead(connection)
+          isAlive = false
+        } else {
+          debug(`Resurrect: connection '${id}' is now alive`)
+          this.markAlive(connection)
+        }
+        this.emit('resurrect', null, {
+          strategy: 'ping',
+          name: opts.name,
+          request: { id: opts.requestId },
+          isAlive,
+          connection
+        })
+        callback(isAlive, connection)
+      })
+    // optimistic strategy
+    } else {
+      debug(`Resurrect: optimistic resurrection for connection '${id}'`)
+      this.dead.splice(this.dead.indexOf(id), 1)
+      connection.status = Connection.statuses.ALIVE
+      this.emit('resurrect', null, {
+        strategy: 'optimistic',
+        name: opts.name,
+        request: { id: opts.requestId },
+        isAlive: true,
+        connection
+      })
+      // eslint-disable-next-line standard/no-callback-literal
+      callback(true, connection)
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns an alive connection if present,
+   * otherwise returns null.
+   * By default it filters the `master` only nodes.
+   * It uses the selector to choose which
+   * connection return.
+   *
+   * @param {object} options (filter and selector)
+   * @returns {object|null} connection
+   */
+  getConnection (opts = {}) {
+    const filter = opts.filter || (() => true)
+    const selector = opts.selector || (c => c[0])
+
+    this.resurrect({
+      now: opts.now,
+      requestId: opts.requestId,
+      name: opts.name
+    })
+
+    // TODO: can we cache this?
+    const connections = []
+    for (var i = 0; i < this.size; i++) {
+      const connection = this.connections[i]
+      if (connection.status === Connection.statuses.ALIVE) {
+        if (filter(connection) === true) {
+          connections.push(connection)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (connections.length === 0) return null
+
+    return selector(connections)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Empties the connection pool.
+   *
+   * @returns {ConnectionPool}
+   */
+  empty (callback) {
+    super.empty(() => {
+      this.dead = []
+      callback()
+    })
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Update the ConnectionPool with new connections.
+   *
+   * @param {array} array of connections
+   * @returns {ConnectionPool}
+   */
+  update (connections) {
+    super.update(connections)
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < this.dead.length; i++) {
+      if (this.connections.find(c => c.id === this.dead[i]) === undefined) {
+        this.dead.splice(i, 1)
+      }
+    }
+
+    return this
+  }
+}
+
+ConnectionPool.resurrectStrategies = {
+  none: 0,
+  ping: 1,
+  optimistic: 2
+}
+
+module.exports = ConnectionPool
diff --git a/lib/ConnectionPool.d.ts b/lib/pool/index.d.ts
similarity index 70%
rename from lib/ConnectionPool.d.ts
rename to lib/pool/index.d.ts
index b1e77f0fc..16894eec7 100644
--- a/lib/ConnectionPool.d.ts
+++ b/lib/pool/index.d.ts
@@ -5,24 +5,34 @@
 /// <reference types="node" />
 
 import { SecureContextOptions } from 'tls';
-import Connection, { AgentOptions } from './Connection';
-import { nodeFilterFn, nodeSelectorFn } from './Transport';
+import Connection, { AgentOptions } from '../Connection';
+import { nodeFilterFn, nodeSelectorFn } from '../Transport';
 
-interface ConnectionPoolOptions {
+interface BaseConnectionPoolOptions {
   ssl?: SecureContextOptions;
   agent?: AgentOptions;
-  auth: BasicAuth | ApiKeyAuth;
+  auth?: BasicAuth | ApiKeyAuth;
+  emit: (event: string | symbol, ...args: any[]) => boolean;
   pingTimeout?: number;
   Connection: typeof Connection;
   resurrectStrategy?: string;
 }
 
-export interface getConnectionOptions {
-  filter?: nodeFilterFn;
-  selector?: nodeSelectorFn;
+interface ConnectionPoolOptions extends BaseConnectionPoolOptions {
+  pingTimeout?: number;
+  resurrectStrategy?: string;
+  sniffEnabled?: boolean;
 }
 
-export interface ApiKeyAuth {
+interface getConnectionOptions {
+  filter?: nodeFilterFn;
+  selector?: nodeSelectorFn;
+  requestId?: string | number;
+  name?: string;
+  now?: number;
+}
+
+interface ApiKeyAuth {
   apiKey:
     | string
     | {
@@ -31,18 +41,18 @@ export interface ApiKeyAuth {
       }
 }
 
-export interface BasicAuth {
+interface BasicAuth {
   username: string;
   password: string;
 }
 
-export interface resurrectOptions {
+interface resurrectOptions {
   now?: number;
   requestId: string;
   name: string;
 }
 
-export interface ResurrectEvent {
+interface ResurrectEvent {
   strategy: string;
   isAlive: boolean;
   connection: Connection;
@@ -52,24 +62,14 @@ export interface ResurrectEvent {
   };
 }
 
-export default class ConnectionPool {
-  static resurrectStrategies: {
-    none: number;
-    ping: number;
-    optimistic: number;
-  };
-  connections: any;
-  dead: string[];
+
+declare class BaseConnectionPool {
+  connections: Connection[];
   _ssl: SecureContextOptions | null;
   _agent: AgentOptions | null;
-  _sniffEnabled: boolean;
-  resurrectTimeout: number;
-  resurrectTimeoutCutoff: number;
-  pingTimeout: number;
   auth: BasicAuth | ApiKeyAuth;
   Connection: typeof Connection;
-  resurrectStrategy: number;
-  constructor(opts?: ConnectionPoolOptions);
+  constructor(opts?: BaseConnectionPoolOptions);
   /**
    * Marks a connection as 'alive'.
    * If needed removes the connection from the dead list
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export default class ConnectionPool {
    *
    * @param {object} connection
    */
-  markAlive(connection: Connection): void;
+  markAlive(connection: Connection): this;
   /**
    * Marks a connection as 'dead'.
    * If needed adds the connection to the dead list
@@ -85,15 +85,7 @@ export default class ConnectionPool {
    *
    * @param {object} connection
    */
-  markDead(connection: Connection): void;
-  /**
-   * If enabled, tries to resurrect a connection with the given
-   * resurrect strategy ('ping', 'optimistic', 'none').
-   *
-   * @param {object} { now, requestId, name }
-   * @param {function} callback (isAlive, connection)
-   */
-  resurrect(opts: resurrectOptions, callback?: (isAlive: boolean | null, connection: Connection | null) => void): void;
+  markDead(connection: Connection): this;
   /**
    * Returns an alive connection if present,
    * otherwise returns null.
@@ -111,27 +103,27 @@ export default class ConnectionPool {
    * @param {object|string} host
    * @returns {ConnectionPool}
    */
-  addConnection(opts: any): Connection | void;
+  addConnection(opts: any): Connection;
   /**
    * Removes a new connection to the pool.
    *
    * @param {object} connection
    * @returns {ConnectionPool}
    */
-  removeConnection(connection: Connection): ConnectionPool;
+  removeConnection(connection: Connection): this;
   /**
    * Empties the connection pool.
    *
    * @returns {ConnectionPool}
    */
-  empty(): ConnectionPool;
+  empty(): this;
   /**
    * Update the ConnectionPool with new connections.
    *
    * @param {array} array of connections
    * @returns {ConnectionPool}
    */
-  update(connections: Connection[]): ConnectionPool;
+  update(connections: any[]): this;
   /**
    * Transforms the nodes objects to a host object.
    *
@@ -148,14 +140,57 @@ export default class ConnectionPool {
   urlToHost(url: string): any;
 }
 
+declare class ConnectionPool extends BaseConnectionPool {
+  static resurrectStrategies: {
+    none: number;
+    ping: number;
+    optimistic: number;
+  };
+  dead: string[];
+  _sniffEnabled: boolean;
+  resurrectTimeout: number;
+  resurrectTimeoutCutoff: number;
+  pingTimeout: number;
+  resurrectStrategy: number;
+  constructor(opts?: ConnectionPoolOptions);
+
+  /**
+   * If enabled, tries to resurrect a connection with the given
+   * resurrect strategy ('ping', 'optimistic', 'none').
+   *
+   * @param {object} { now, requestId, name }
+   * @param {function} callback (isAlive, connection)
+   */
+  resurrect(opts: resurrectOptions, callback?: (isAlive: boolean | null, connection: Connection | null) => void): void;
+}
+
+declare class CloudConnectionPool extends BaseConnectionPool {
+  cloudConnection: Connection | null
+  constructor(opts?: BaseConnectionPoolOptions);
+  getConnection(): Connection;
+}
+
 declare function defaultNodeFilter(node: Connection): boolean;
 declare function roundRobinSelector(): (connections: Connection[]) => Connection;
 declare function randomSelector(connections: Connection[]): Connection;
 
-export declare const internals: {
+declare const internals: {
   defaultNodeFilter: typeof defaultNodeFilter;
   roundRobinSelector: typeof roundRobinSelector;
   randomSelector: typeof randomSelector;
 };
 
-export {};
+export {
+  // Interfaces
+  ConnectionPoolOptions,
+  getConnectionOptions,
+  ApiKeyAuth,
+  BasicAuth,
+  internals,
+  resurrectOptions,
+  ResurrectEvent,
+  // Classes
+  BaseConnectionPool,
+  ConnectionPool,
+  CloudConnectionPool
+};
diff --git a/lib/pool/index.js b/lib/pool/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1cdf1ed4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/pool/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V under one or more agreements.
+// Elasticsearch B.V licenses this file to you under the Apache 2.0 License.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information
+
+'use strict'
+
+const BaseConnectionPool = require('./BaseConnectionPool')
+const ConnectionPool = require('./ConnectionPool')
+const CloudConnectionPool = require('./CloudConnectionPool')
+
+module.exports = {
+  BaseConnectionPool,
+  ConnectionPool,
+  CloudConnectionPool
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 07de66a04..38126cdf7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "test:integration": "tap test/integration/index.js -T --no-coverage",
     "test:integration:report": "npm run test:integration | tap-mocha-reporter xunit > $WORKSPACE/test-report-junit.xml",
     "test:types": "tsc --project ./test/types/tsconfig.json",
-    "test:coverage": "nyc npm run test:unit && nyc report --reporter=text-lcov > coverage.lcov && codecov",
+    "test:coverage": "nyc tap test/unit/*.test.js test/behavior/*.test.js -t 300 && nyc report --reporter=text-lcov > coverage.lcov && codecov",
     "lint": "standard",
     "lint:fix": "standard --fix",
     "ci": "npm run license-checker && npm test && npm run test:integration && npm run test:coverage",
diff --git a/test/behavior/sniff.test.js b/test/behavior/sniff.test.js
index 9377496b1..e2d6638f3 100644
--- a/test/behavior/sniff.test.js
+++ b/test/behavior/sniff.test.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ test('Should update the connection pool', t => {
     const client = new Client({
       node: nodes[Object.keys(nodes)[0]].url
     })
-    t.strictEqual(client.connectionPool.connections.size, 1)
+    t.strictEqual(client.connectionPool.size, 1)
 
     client.on(events.SNIFF, (err, request) => {
       t.error(err)
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ test('Should update the connection pool', t => {
         }
       }
 
-      t.strictEqual(client.connectionPool.connections.size, 4)
+      t.strictEqual(client.connectionPool.size, 4)
     })
     t.teardown(shutdown)
   })
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ test('Should handle hostnames in publish_address', t => {
     const client = new Client({
       node: nodes[Object.keys(nodes)[0]].url
     })
-    t.strictEqual(client.connectionPool.connections.size, 1)
+    t.strictEqual(client.connectionPool.size, 1)
 
     client.on(events.SNIFF, (err, request) => {
       t.error(err)
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ test('Should handle hostnames in publish_address', t => {
         t.strictEqual(hosts[i].url.hostname, 'localhost')
       }
 
-      t.strictEqual(client.connectionPool.connections.size, 4)
+      t.strictEqual(client.connectionPool.size, 4)
     })
     t.teardown(shutdown)
   })
@@ -125,13 +125,13 @@ test('Sniff interval', t => {
       t.error(err)
       const { hosts, reason } = request.meta.sniff
       t.strictEqual(
-        client.connectionPool.connections.size,
+        client.connectionPool.size,
         hosts.length
       )
       t.strictEqual(reason, Transport.sniffReasons.SNIFF_INTERVAL)
     })
 
-    t.strictEqual(client.connectionPool.connections.size, 1)
+    t.strictEqual(client.connectionPool.size, 1)
     setTimeout(() => client.info(t.error), 60)
 
     setTimeout(() => {
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ test('Sniff interval', t => {
     }, 150)
 
     setTimeout(() => {
-      t.strictEqual(client.connectionPool.connections.size, 3)
+      t.strictEqual(client.connectionPool.size, 3)
     }, 200)
 
     t.teardown(shutdown)
@@ -161,13 +161,13 @@ test('Sniff on start', t => {
       t.error(err)
       const { hosts, reason } = request.meta.sniff
       t.strictEqual(
-        client.connectionPool.connections.size,
+        client.connectionPool.size,
         hosts.length
       )
       t.strictEqual(reason, Transport.sniffReasons.SNIFF_ON_START)
     })
 
-    t.strictEqual(client.connectionPool.connections.size, 1)
+    t.strictEqual(client.connectionPool.size, 1)
     t.teardown(shutdown)
   })
 })
@@ -190,11 +190,11 @@ test('Should not close living connections', t => {
       Connection: MyConnection
     })
 
-    t.strictEqual(client.connectionPool.connections.size, 1)
+    t.strictEqual(client.connectionPool.size, 1)
     client.transport.sniff((err, hosts) => {
       t.error(err)
       t.strictEqual(
-        client.connectionPool.connections.size,
+        client.connectionPool.size,
         hosts.length
       )
     })
@@ -228,13 +228,13 @@ test('Sniff on connection fault', t => {
       Connection: MyConnection
     })
 
-    t.strictEqual(client.connectionPool.connections.size, 2)
+    t.strictEqual(client.connectionPool.size, 2)
     // this event will be triggered by the connection fault
     client.on(events.SNIFF, (err, request) => {
       t.error(err)
       const { hosts, reason } = request.meta.sniff
       t.strictEqual(
-        client.connectionPool.connections.size,
+        client.connectionPool.size,
         hosts.length
       )
       t.strictEqual(reason, Transport.sniffReasons.SNIFF_ON_CONNECTION_FAULT)
diff --git a/test/unit/base-connection-pool.test.js b/test/unit/base-connection-pool.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74d4ff3b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/base-connection-pool.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,490 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V under one or more agreements.
+// Elasticsearch B.V licenses this file to you under the Apache 2.0 License.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information
+
+'use strict'
+
+const { test } = require('tap')
+const { URL } = require('url')
+const BaseConnectionPool = require('../../lib/pool/BaseConnectionPool')
+const Connection = require('../../lib/Connection')
+
+test('API', t => {
+  t.test('addConnection', t => {
+    const pool = new BaseConnectionPool({ Connection })
+    const href = 'http://localhost:9200/'
+    pool.addConnection(href)
+    t.ok(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === href) instanceof Connection)
+    t.strictEqual(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === href).status, Connection.statuses.ALIVE)
+    t.end()
+  })
+
+  t.test('addConnection should throw with two connections with the same id', t => {
+    const pool = new BaseConnectionPool({ Connection })
+    const href = 'http://localhost:9200/'
+    pool.addConnection(href)
+    try {
+      pool.addConnection(href)
+      t.fail('Should throw')
+    } catch (err) {
+      t.is(err.message, `Connection with id '${href}' is already present`)
+    }
+    t.end()
+  })
+
+  t.test('addConnection should handle not-friendly url parameters for user and password', t => {
+    const pool = new BaseConnectionPool({ Connection })
+    const href = 'http://us"er:p@assword@localhost:9200/'
+    pool.addConnection(href)
+    const conn = pool.connections[0]
+    t.strictEqual(conn.url.username, 'us%22er')
+    t.strictEqual(conn.url.password, 'p%40assword')
+    t.match(conn.headers, {
+      authorization: 'Basic ' + Buffer.from('us"er:p@assword').toString('base64')
+    })
+    t.end()
+  })
+
+  t.test('markDead', t => {
+    const pool = new BaseConnectionPool({ Connection, sniffEnabled: true })
+    const href = 'http://localhost:9200/'
+    var connection = pool.addConnection(href)
+    t.same(pool.markDead(connection), pool)
+    connection = pool.connections.find(c => c.id === href)
+    t.strictEqual(connection.status, Connection.statuses.ALIVE)
+    t.end()
+  })
+
+  t.test('markAlive', t => {
+    const pool = new BaseConnectionPool({ Connection, sniffEnabled: true })
+    const href = 'http://localhost:9200/'
+    var connection = pool.addConnection(href)
+    t.same(pool.markAlive(connection), pool)
+    connection = pool.connections.find(c => c.id === href)
+    t.strictEqual(connection.status, Connection.statuses.ALIVE)
+    t.end()
+  })
+
+  t.test('getConnection should throw', t => {
+    const pool = new BaseConnectionPool({ Connection })
+    const href = 'http://localhost:9200/'
+    pool.addConnection(href)
+    try {
+      pool.getConnection()
+      t.fail('Should fail')
+    } catch (err) {
+      t.is(err.message, 'getConnection must be implemented')
+    }
+    t.end()
+  })
+
+  t.test('removeConnection', t => {
+    const pool = new BaseConnectionPool({ Connection })
+    const href = 'http://localhost:9200/'
+    var connection = pool.addConnection(href)
+    pool.removeConnection(connection)
+    t.strictEqual(pool.size, 0)
+    t.end()
+  })
+
+  t.test('empty', t => {
+    const pool = new BaseConnectionPool({ Connection })
+    pool.addConnection('http://localhost:9200/')
+    pool.addConnection('http://localhost:9201/')
+    pool.empty(() => {
+      t.strictEqual(pool.size, 0)
+      t.end()
+    })
+  })
+
+  t.test('urlToHost', t => {
+    const pool = new BaseConnectionPool({ Connection })
+    const url = 'http://localhost:9200'
+    t.deepEqual(
+      pool.urlToHost(url),
+      { url: new URL(url) }
+    )
+    t.end()
+  })
+
+  t.test('nodesToHost', t => {
+    t.test('publish_address as ip address (IPv4)', t => {
+      const pool = new BaseConnectionPool({ Connection })
+      const nodes = {
+        a1: {
+          http: {
+            publish_address: '127.0.0.1:9200'
+          },
+          roles: ['master', 'data', 'ingest']
+        },
+        a2: {
+          http: {
+            publish_address: '127.0.0.1:9201'
+          },
+          roles: ['master', 'data', 'ingest']
+        }
+      }
+
+      t.deepEqual(pool.nodesToHost(nodes, 'http:'), [{
+        url: new URL('http://127.0.0.1:9200'),
+        id: 'a1',
+        roles: {
+          master: true,
+          data: true,
+          ingest: true,
+          ml: false
+        }
+      }, {
+        url: new URL('http://127.0.0.1:9201'),
+        id: 'a2',
+        roles: {
+          master: true,
+          data: true,
+          ingest: true,
+          ml: false
+        }
+      }])
+
+      t.strictEqual(pool.nodesToHost(nodes, 'http:')[0].url.host, '127.0.0.1:9200')
+      t.strictEqual(pool.nodesToHost(nodes, 'http:')[1].url.host, '127.0.0.1:9201')
+      t.end()
+    })
+
+    t.test('publish_address as ip address (IPv6)', t => {
+      const pool = new BaseConnectionPool({ Connection })
+      const nodes = {
+        a1: {
+          http: {
+            publish_address: '[::1]:9200'
+          },
+          roles: ['master', 'data', 'ingest']
+        },
+        a2: {
+          http: {
+            publish_address: '[::1]:9201'
+          },
+          roles: ['master', 'data', 'ingest']
+        }
+      }
+
+      t.deepEqual(pool.nodesToHost(nodes, 'http:'), [{
+        url: new URL('http://[::1]:9200'),
+        id: 'a1',
+        roles: {
+          master: true,
+          data: true,
+          ingest: true,
+          ml: false
+        }
+      }, {
+        url: new URL('http://[::1]:9201'),
+        id: 'a2',
+        roles: {
+          master: true,
+          data: true,
+          ingest: true,
+          ml: false
+        }
+      }])
+
+      t.strictEqual(pool.nodesToHost(nodes, 'http:')[0].url.host, '[::1]:9200')
+      t.strictEqual(pool.nodesToHost(nodes, 'http:')[1].url.host, '[::1]:9201')
+      t.end()
+    })
+
+    t.test('publish_address as host/ip (IPv4)', t => {
+      const pool = new BaseConnectionPool({ Connection })
+      const nodes = {
+        a1: {
+          http: {
+            publish_address: 'example.com/127.0.0.1:9200'
+          },
+          roles: ['master', 'data', 'ingest']
+        },
+        a2: {
+          http: {
+            publish_address: 'example.com/127.0.0.1:9201'
+          },
+          roles: ['master', 'data', 'ingest']
+        }
+      }
+
+      t.deepEqual(pool.nodesToHost(nodes, 'http:'), [{
+        url: new URL('http://example.com:9200'),
+        id: 'a1',
+        roles: {
+          master: true,
+          data: true,
+          ingest: true,
+          ml: false
+        }
+      }, {
+        url: new URL('http://example.com:9201'),
+        id: 'a2',
+        roles: {
+          master: true,
+          data: true,
+          ingest: true,
+          ml: false
+        }
+      }])
+
+      t.strictEqual(pool.nodesToHost(nodes, 'http:')[0].url.host, 'example.com:9200')
+      t.strictEqual(pool.nodesToHost(nodes, 'http:')[1].url.host, 'example.com:9201')
+      t.end()
+    })
+
+    t.test('publish_address as host/ip (IPv6)', t => {
+      const pool = new BaseConnectionPool({ Connection })
+      const nodes = {
+        a1: {
+          http: {
+            publish_address: 'example.com/[::1]:9200'
+          },
+          roles: ['master', 'data', 'ingest']
+        },
+        a2: {
+          http: {
+            publish_address: 'example.com/[::1]:9201'
+          },
+          roles: ['master', 'data', 'ingest']
+        }
+      }
+
+      t.deepEqual(pool.nodesToHost(nodes, 'http:'), [{
+        url: new URL('http://example.com:9200'),
+        id: 'a1',
+        roles: {
+          master: true,
+          data: true,
+          ingest: true,
+          ml: false
+        }
+      }, {
+        url: new URL('http://example.com:9201'),
+        id: 'a2',
+        roles: {
+          master: true,
+          data: true,
+          ingest: true,
+          ml: false
+        }
+      }])
+
+      t.strictEqual(pool.nodesToHost(nodes, 'http:')[0].url.host, 'example.com:9200')
+      t.strictEqual(pool.nodesToHost(nodes, 'http:')[1].url.host, 'example.com:9201')
+      t.end()
+    })
+
+    t.test('Should use the configure protocol', t => {
+      const pool = new BaseConnectionPool({ Connection })
+      const nodes = {
+        a1: {
+          http: {
+            publish_address: 'example.com/127.0.0.1:9200'
+          },
+          roles: ['master', 'data', 'ingest']
+        },
+        a2: {
+          http: {
+            publish_address: 'example.com/127.0.0.1:9201'
+          },
+          roles: ['master', 'data', 'ingest']
+        }
+      }
+
+      t.strictEqual(pool.nodesToHost(nodes, 'https:')[0].url.protocol, 'https:')
+      t.strictEqual(pool.nodesToHost(nodes, 'http:')[1].url.protocol, 'http:')
+      t.end()
+    })
+
+    t.end()
+  })
+
+  t.test('update', t => {
+    t.test('Should not update existing connections', t => {
+      t.plan(2)
+      const pool = new BaseConnectionPool({ Connection })
+      pool.addConnection([{
+        url: new URL('http://127.0.0.1:9200'),
+        id: 'a1',
+        roles: {
+          master: true,
+          data: true,
+          ingest: true
+        }
+      }, {
+        url: new URL('http://127.0.0.1:9201'),
+        id: 'a2',
+        roles: {
+          master: true,
+          data: true,
+          ingest: true
+        }
+      }])
+
+      pool.update([{
+        url: new URL('http://127.0.0.1:9200'),
+        id: 'a1',
+        roles: null
+      }, {
+        url: new URL('http://127.0.0.1:9201'),
+        id: 'a2',
+        roles: null
+      }])
+
+      t.ok(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'a1').roles !== null)
+      t.ok(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'a2').roles !== null)
+    })
+
+    t.test('Should not update existing connections (mark alive)', t => {
+      t.plan(5)
+      class CustomBaseConnectionPool extends BaseConnectionPool {
+        markAlive (connection) {
+          t.ok('called')
+          super.markAlive(connection)
+        }
+      }
+      const pool = new CustomBaseConnectionPool({ Connection })
+      const conn1 = pool.addConnection({
+        url: new URL('http://127.0.0.1:9200'),
+        id: 'a1',
+        roles: {
+          master: true,
+          data: true,
+          ingest: true
+        }
+      })
+
+      const conn2 = pool.addConnection({
+        url: new URL('http://127.0.0.1:9201'),
+        id: 'a2',
+        roles: {
+          master: true,
+          data: true,
+          ingest: true
+        }
+      })
+
+      pool.markDead(conn1)
+      pool.markDead(conn2)
+
+      pool.update([{
+        url: new URL('http://127.0.0.1:9200'),
+        id: 'a1',
+        roles: null
+      }, {
+        url: new URL('http://127.0.0.1:9201'),
+        id: 'a2',
+        roles: null
+      }])
+
+      t.ok(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'a1').roles !== null)
+      t.ok(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'a2').roles !== null)
+    })
+
+    t.test('Should not update existing connections (same url, different id)', t => {
+      t.plan(3)
+      class CustomBaseConnectionPool extends BaseConnectionPool {
+        markAlive (connection) {
+          t.ok('called')
+          super.markAlive(connection)
+        }
+      }
+      const pool = new CustomBaseConnectionPool({ Connection })
+      pool.addConnection([{
+        url: new URL('http://127.0.0.1:9200'),
+        id: 'http://127.0.0.1:9200/',
+        roles: {
+          master: true,
+          data: true,
+          ingest: true
+        }
+      }])
+
+      pool.update([{
+        url: new URL('http://127.0.0.1:9200'),
+        id: 'a1',
+        roles: true
+      }])
+
+      // roles will never be updated, we only use it to do
+      // a dummy check to see if the connection has been updated
+      t.deepEqual(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'a1').roles, {
+        master: true,
+        data: true,
+        ingest: true,
+        ml: false
+      })
+      t.strictEqual(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'http://127.0.0.1:9200/'), undefined)
+    })
+
+    t.test('Add a new connection', t => {
+      t.plan(2)
+      const pool = new BaseConnectionPool({ Connection })
+      pool.addConnection({
+        url: new URL('http://127.0.0.1:9200'),
+        id: 'a1',
+        roles: {
+          master: true,
+          data: true,
+          ingest: true
+        }
+      })
+
+      pool.update([{
+        url: new URL('http://127.0.0.1:9200'),
+        id: 'a1',
+        roles: null
+      }, {
+        url: new URL('http://127.0.0.1:9201'),
+        id: 'a2',
+        roles: null
+      }])
+
+      t.ok(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'a1').roles !== null)
+      t.ok(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'a2'))
+    })
+
+    t.test('Remove old connections', t => {
+      t.plan(3)
+      const pool = new BaseConnectionPool({ Connection })
+      pool.addConnection({
+        url: new URL('http://127.0.0.1:9200'),
+        id: 'a1',
+        roles: null
+      })
+
+      pool.update([{
+        url: new URL('http://127.0.0.1:9200'),
+        id: 'a2',
+        roles: null
+      }, {
+        url: new URL('http://127.0.0.1:9201'),
+        id: 'a3',
+        roles: null
+      }])
+
+      t.false(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'a1'))
+      t.true(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'a2'))
+      t.true(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'a3'))
+    })
+
+    t.end()
+  })
+
+  t.test('CreateConnection', t => {
+    t.plan(1)
+    const pool = new BaseConnectionPool({ Connection })
+    const conn = pool.createConnection('http://localhost:9200')
+    pool.connections.push(conn)
+    try {
+      pool.createConnection('http://localhost:9200')
+      t.fail('Should throw')
+    } catch (err) {
+      t.is(err.message, 'Connection with id \'http://localhost:9200/\' is already present')
+    }
+  })
+
+  t.end()
+})
diff --git a/test/unit/client.test.js b/test/unit/client.test.js
index 2c7bcc683..f6a86a985 100644
--- a/test/unit/client.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/client.test.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 const { test } = require('tap')
 const { URL } = require('url')
 const { Client, ConnectionPool, Transport } = require('../../index')
+const { CloudConnectionPool } = require('../../lib/pool')
 const { buildServer } = require('../utils')
 
 test('Configure host', t => {
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ test('Configure host', t => {
       node: 'http://localhost:9200'
     })
     const pool = client.connectionPool
-    t.match(pool.connections.get('http://localhost:9200/'), {
+    t.match(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'http://localhost:9200/'), {
       url: new URL('http://localhost:9200'),
       id: 'http://localhost:9200/',
       ssl: null,
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ test('Configure host', t => {
       nodes: ['http://localhost:9200', 'http://localhost:9201']
     })
     const pool = client.connectionPool
-    t.match(pool.connections.get('http://localhost:9200/'), {
+    t.match(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'http://localhost:9200/'), {
       url: new URL('http://localhost:9200'),
       id: 'http://localhost:9200/',
       ssl: null,
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ test('Configure host', t => {
         ml: false
       }
     })
-    t.match(pool.connections.get('http://localhost:9201/'), {
+    t.match(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'http://localhost:9201/'), {
       url: new URL('http://localhost:9201'),
       id: 'http://localhost:9201/',
       ssl: null,
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ test('Configure host', t => {
       }
     })
     const pool = client.connectionPool
-    t.match(pool.connections.get('node'), {
+    t.match(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'node'), {
       url: new URL('http://localhost:9200'),
       id: 'node',
       ssl: 'ssl',
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ test('Configure host', t => {
       resurrectTimeout: 0
     })
 
-    t.deepEqual(pool.connections.get('node').roles, {
+    t.deepEqual(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'node').roles, {
       master: true,
       data: false,
       ingest: false,
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ test('Configure host', t => {
       }]
     })
     const pool = client.connectionPool
-    t.match(pool.connections.get('node1'), {
+    t.match(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'node1'), {
       url: new URL('http://localhost:9200'),
       id: 'node1',
       ssl: 'ssl',
@@ -129,14 +130,14 @@ test('Configure host', t => {
       resurrectTimeout: 0
     })
 
-    t.deepEqual(pool.connections.get('node1').roles, {
+    t.deepEqual(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'node1').roles, {
       master: true,
       data: false,
       ingest: false,
       ml: false
     })
 
-    t.match(pool.connections.get('node2'), {
+    t.match(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'node2'), {
       url: new URL('http://localhost:9200'),
       id: 'node2',
       ssl: 'ssl',
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ test('Configure host', t => {
       resurrectTimeout: 0
     })
 
-    t.deepEqual(pool.connections.get('node2').roles, {
+    t.deepEqual(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'node2').roles, {
       master: false,
       data: true,
       ingest: false,
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ test('Configure host', t => {
       }
     })
     const pool = client.connectionPool
-    t.match(pool.connections.get('node'), {
+    t.match(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'node'), {
       url: new URL('http://localhost:9200'),
       headers: { 'x-foo': 'bar' }
     })
@@ -755,7 +756,7 @@ test('Extend client APIs', t => {
 
 test('Elastic cloud config', t => {
   t.test('Basic', t => {
-    t.plan(4)
+    t.plan(5)
     const client = new Client({
       cloud: {
         // 'localhost$abcd$efgh'
@@ -766,7 +767,8 @@ test('Elastic cloud config', t => {
     })
 
     const pool = client.connectionPool
-    t.match(pool.connections.get('https://abcd.localhost/'), {
+    t.ok(pool instanceof CloudConnectionPool)
+    t.match(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'https://abcd.localhost/'), {
       url: new URL('https://elastic:changeme@abcd.localhost'),
       id: 'https://abcd.localhost/',
       headers: {
@@ -789,7 +791,7 @@ test('Elastic cloud config', t => {
   })
 
   t.test('Auth as separate option', t => {
-    t.plan(4)
+    t.plan(5)
     const client = new Client({
       cloud: {
         // 'localhost$abcd$efgh'
@@ -802,7 +804,8 @@ test('Elastic cloud config', t => {
     })
 
     const pool = client.connectionPool
-    t.match(pool.connections.get('https://abcd.localhost/'), {
+    t.ok(pool instanceof CloudConnectionPool)
+    t.match(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'https://abcd.localhost/'), {
       url: new URL('https://elastic:changeme@abcd.localhost'),
       id: 'https://abcd.localhost/',
       headers: {
@@ -825,7 +828,7 @@ test('Elastic cloud config', t => {
   })
 
   t.test('Override default options', t => {
-    t.plan(3)
+    t.plan(4)
     const client = new Client({
       cloud: {
         // 'localhost$abcd$efgh'
@@ -840,6 +843,7 @@ test('Elastic cloud config', t => {
       }
     })
 
+    t.ok(client.connectionPool instanceof CloudConnectionPool)
     t.strictEqual(client.transport.compression, false)
     t.strictEqual(client.transport.suggestCompression, false)
     t.deepEqual(client.connectionPool._ssl, { secureProtocol: 'TLSv1_1_method' })
diff --git a/test/unit/cloud-connection-pool.test.js b/test/unit/cloud-connection-pool.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0cb1a499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/cloud-connection-pool.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V under one or more agreements.
+// Elasticsearch B.V licenses this file to you under the Apache 2.0 License.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information
+
+'use strict'
+
+const { test } = require('tap')
+const { CloudConnectionPool } = require('../../lib/pool')
+const Connection = require('../../lib/Connection')
+
+test('Should expose a cloudConnection property', t => {
+  const pool = new CloudConnectionPool({ Connection })
+  pool.addConnection('http://localhost:9200/')
+  t.ok(pool.cloudConnection instanceof Connection)
+  t.end()
+})
+
+test('Get connection should always return cloudConnection', t => {
+  const pool = new CloudConnectionPool({ Connection })
+  const conn = pool.addConnection('http://localhost:9200/')
+  t.deepEqual(pool.getConnection(), conn)
+  t.end()
+})
+
+test('pool.empty should reset cloudConnection', t => {
+  const pool = new CloudConnectionPool({ Connection })
+  pool.addConnection('http://localhost:9200/')
+  t.ok(pool.cloudConnection instanceof Connection)
+  pool.empty(() => {
+    t.strictEqual(pool.cloudConnection, null)
+    t.end()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/unit/connection-pool.test.js b/test/unit/connection-pool.test.js
index 25bb6deec..53234d901 100644
--- a/test/unit/connection-pool.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/connection-pool.test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 const { test } = require('tap')
 const { URL } = require('url')
-const ConnectionPool = require('../../lib/ConnectionPool')
+const ConnectionPool = require('../../lib/pool/ConnectionPool')
 const Connection = require('../../lib/Connection')
 const { defaultNodeFilter, roundRobinSelector } = require('../../lib/Transport').internals
 const { connection: { MockConnection, MockConnectionTimeout } } = require('../utils')
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ test('API', t => {
     const pool = new ConnectionPool({ Connection })
     const href = 'http://localhost:9200/'
     pool.addConnection(href)
-    t.ok(pool.connections.get(href) instanceof Connection)
-    t.strictEqual(pool.connections.get(href).status, Connection.statuses.ALIVE)
+    t.ok(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === href) instanceof Connection)
+    t.strictEqual(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === href).status, Connection.statuses.ALIVE)
     t.deepEqual(pool.dead, [])
     t.end()
   })
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ test('API', t => {
     const href = 'http://localhost:9200/'
     var connection = pool.addConnection(href)
     pool.markDead(connection)
-    connection = pool.connections.get(href)
+    connection = pool.connections.find(c => c.id === href)
     t.strictEqual(connection.deadCount, 1)
     t.true(connection.resurrectTimeout > 0)
     t.deepEqual(pool.dead, [href])
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ test('API', t => {
     var connection = pool.addConnection(href)
     pool.markDead(connection)
     pool.markAlive(connection)
-    connection = pool.connections.get(href)
+    connection = pool.connections.find(c => c.id === href)
     t.strictEqual(connection.deadCount, 0)
     t.strictEqual(connection.resurrectTimeout, 0)
     t.strictEqual(connection.status, Connection.statuses.ALIVE)
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ test('API', t => {
         }
         pool.resurrect(opts, (isAlive, connection) => {
           t.true(isAlive)
-          connection = pool.connections.get(connection.id)
+          connection = pool.connections.find(c => c.id === connection.id)
           t.strictEqual(connection.deadCount, 0)
           t.strictEqual(connection.resurrectTimeout, 0)
           t.strictEqual(connection.status, Connection.statuses.ALIVE)
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ test('API', t => {
         }
         pool.resurrect(opts, (isAlive, connection) => {
           t.false(isAlive)
-          connection = pool.connections.get(connection.id)
+          connection = pool.connections.find(c => c.id === connection.id)
           t.strictEqual(connection.deadCount, 2)
           t.true(connection.resurrectTimeout > 0)
           t.strictEqual(connection.status, Connection.statuses.DEAD)
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ test('API', t => {
       }
       pool.resurrect(opts, (isAlive, connection) => {
         t.true(isAlive)
-        connection = pool.connections.get(connection.id)
+        connection = pool.connections.find(c => c.id === connection.id)
         t.strictEqual(connection.deadCount, 1)
         t.true(connection.resurrectTimeout > 0)
         t.strictEqual(connection.status, Connection.statuses.ALIVE)
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ test('API', t => {
       pool.resurrect(opts, (isAlive, connection) => {
         t.ok(isAlive === null)
         t.ok(connection === null)
-        connection = pool.connections.get(href)
+        connection = pool.connections.find(c => c.id === href)
         t.strictEqual(connection.deadCount, 1)
         t.true(connection.resurrectTimeout > 0)
         t.strictEqual(connection.status, Connection.statuses.DEAD)
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ test('API', t => {
     pool.addConnection('http://localhost:9200/')
     pool.addConnection('http://localhost:9201/')
     pool.empty(() => {
-      t.strictEqual(pool.connections.size, 0)
+      t.strictEqual(pool.size, 0)
       t.deepEqual(pool.dead, [])
       t.end()
     })
@@ -480,12 +480,7 @@ test('API', t => {
   t.test('update', t => {
     t.test('Should not update existing connections', t => {
       t.plan(2)
-      class CustomConnectionPool extends ConnectionPool {
-        markAlive () {
-          t.fail('Should not be called')
-        }
-      }
-      const pool = new CustomConnectionPool({ Connection })
+      const pool = new ConnectionPool({ Connection })
       pool.addConnection([{
         url: new URL('http://127.0.0.1:9200'),
         id: 'a1',
@@ -514,12 +509,12 @@ test('API', t => {
         roles: null
       }])
 
-      t.ok(pool.connections.get('a1').roles !== null)
-      t.ok(pool.connections.get('a2').roles !== null)
+      t.ok(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'a1').roles !== null)
+      t.ok(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'a2').roles !== null)
     })
 
     t.test('Should not update existing connections (mark alive)', t => {
-      t.plan(4)
+      t.plan(5)
       class CustomConnectionPool extends ConnectionPool {
         markAlive (connection) {
           t.ok('called')
@@ -560,15 +555,16 @@ test('API', t => {
         roles: null
       }])
 
-      t.ok(pool.connections.get('a1').roles !== null)
-      t.ok(pool.connections.get('a2').roles !== null)
+      t.ok(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'a1').roles !== null)
+      t.ok(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'a2').roles !== null)
     })
 
     t.test('Should not update existing connections (same url, different id)', t => {
-      t.plan(2)
+      t.plan(3)
       class CustomConnectionPool extends ConnectionPool {
-        markAlive () {
-          t.fail('Should not be called')
+        markAlive (connection) {
+          t.ok('called')
+          super.markAlive(connection)
         }
       }
       const pool = new CustomConnectionPool({ Connection })
@@ -590,13 +586,13 @@ test('API', t => {
 
       // roles will never be updated, we only use it to do
       // a dummy check to see if the connection has been updated
-      t.deepEqual(pool.connections.get('a1').roles, {
+      t.deepEqual(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'a1').roles, {
         master: true,
         data: true,
         ingest: true,
         ml: false
       })
-      t.strictEqual(pool.connections.get('http://127.0.0.1:9200/'), undefined)
+      t.strictEqual(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'http://127.0.0.1:9200/'), undefined)
     })
 
     t.test('Add a new connection', t => {
@@ -622,8 +618,8 @@ test('API', t => {
         roles: null
       }])
 
-      t.ok(pool.connections.get('a1').roles !== null)
-      t.true(pool.connections.has('a2'))
+      t.ok(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'a1').roles !== null)
+      t.ok(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'a2'))
     })
 
     t.test('Remove old connections', t => {
@@ -645,9 +641,37 @@ test('API', t => {
         roles: null
       }])
 
-      t.false(pool.connections.has('a1'))
-      t.true(pool.connections.has('a2'))
-      t.true(pool.connections.has('a3'))
+      t.false(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'a1'))
+      t.true(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'a2'))
+      t.true(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'a3'))
+    })
+
+    t.test('Remove old connections (markDead)', t => {
+      t.plan(5)
+      const pool = new ConnectionPool({ Connection, sniffEnabled: true })
+      const conn = pool.addConnection({
+        url: new URL('http://127.0.0.1:9200'),
+        id: 'a1',
+        roles: null
+      })
+
+      pool.markDead(conn)
+      t.deepEqual(pool.dead, ['a1'])
+
+      pool.update([{
+        url: new URL('http://127.0.0.1:9200'),
+        id: 'a2',
+        roles: null
+      }, {
+        url: new URL('http://127.0.0.1:9201'),
+        id: 'a3',
+        roles: null
+      }])
+
+      t.deepEqual(pool.dead, [])
+      t.false(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'a1'))
+      t.true(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'a2'))
+      t.true(pool.connections.find(c => c.id === 'a3'))
     })
 
     t.end()
@@ -702,22 +726,22 @@ test('Node filter', t => {
 
 test('Single node behavior', t => {
   t.test('sniffing disabled (markDead and markAlive should be noop)', t => {
-    t.plan(2)
+    t.plan(4)
     const pool = new ConnectionPool({ Connection, sniffEnabled: false })
     const conn = pool.addConnection('http://localhost:9200/')
-    pool.markDead(conn)
+    t.true(pool.markDead(conn) instanceof ConnectionPool)
     t.strictEqual(pool.dead.length, 0)
-    pool.markAlive(conn)
+    t.true(pool.markAlive(conn) instanceof ConnectionPool)
     t.strictEqual(pool.dead.length, 0)
   })
 
   t.test('sniffing enabled (markDead and markAlive should work)', t => {
-    t.plan(2)
+    t.plan(4)
     const pool = new ConnectionPool({ Connection, sniffEnabled: true })
     const conn = pool.addConnection('http://localhost:9200/')
-    pool.markDead(conn)
+    t.true(pool.markDead(conn) instanceof ConnectionPool)
     t.strictEqual(pool.dead.length, 1)
-    pool.markAlive(conn)
+    t.true(pool.markAlive(conn) instanceof ConnectionPool)
     t.strictEqual(pool.dead.length, 0)
   })
 
diff --git a/test/unit/connection.test.js b/test/unit/connection.test.js
index 385dce8ca..cee34db74 100644
--- a/test/unit/connection.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/connection.test.js
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ test('Util.inspect Connection class should hide agent, ssl and auth', t => {
   resurrectTimeout: 0,
   _openRequests: 0,
   status: 'alive',
-  roles: { master: true, data: true, ingest: true, ml: false } }`)
+  roles: { master: true, data: true, ingest: true, ml: false }}`)
   )
 })
 
diff --git a/test/unit/transport.test.js b/test/unit/transport.test.js
index 03adcce72..28f95ed45 100644
--- a/test/unit/transport.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/transport.test.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 const { test } = require('tap')
 const { URL } = require('url')
+const lolex = require('lolex')
 const { createGunzip } = require('zlib')
 const os = require('os')
 const intoStream = require('into-stream')
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ const {
   ConfigurationError
 } = require('../../lib/errors')
 
-const ConnectionPool = require('../../lib/ConnectionPool')
+const ConnectionPool = require('../../lib/pool/ConnectionPool')
 const Connection = require('../../lib/Connection')
 const Serializer = require('../../lib/Serializer')
 const Transport = require('../../lib/Transport')
@@ -878,148 +879,95 @@ test('Override requestTimeout', t => {
 
 test('sniff', t => {
   t.test('sniffOnStart', t => {
-    t.plan(3)
+    t.plan(1)
 
-    class CustomConnectionPool extends ConnectionPool {
-      update () {
-        t.ok('called')
-        return this
-      }
-
-      nodesToHost (nodes) {
-        t.ok('called')
-        return []
+    class MyTransport extends Transport {
+      sniff (opts) {
+        t.strictEqual(opts.reason, Transport.sniffReasons.SNIFF_ON_START)
       }
     }
 
-    function handler (req, res) {
-      t.strictEqual(req.url, '/sniff')
-      res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json;utf=8')
-      res.end(JSON.stringify({ hello: 'world' }))
-    }
+    const pool = new ConnectionPool({ Connection })
+    pool.addConnection('http://localhost:9200')
 
-    buildServer(handler, ({ port }, server) => {
-      const pool = new CustomConnectionPool({ Connection })
-      pool.addConnection(`http://localhost:${port}`)
-
-      // eslint-disable-next-line
-      new Transport({
-        emit: () => {},
-        connectionPool: pool,
-        serializer: new Serializer(),
-        maxRetries: 3,
-        requestTimeout: 30000,
-        sniffInterval: false,
-        sniffOnStart: true,
-        sniffEndpoint: '/sniff'
-      })
-
-      setTimeout(() => server.stop(), 100)
+    // eslint-disable-next-line
+    new MyTransport({
+      emit: () => {},
+      connectionPool: pool,
+      serializer: new Serializer(),
+      maxRetries: 3,
+      requestTimeout: 30000,
+      sniffInterval: false,
+      sniffOnStart: true,
+      sniffEndpoint: '/sniff'
     })
   })
 
   t.test('sniffOnConnectionFault', t => {
-    t.plan(3)
+    t.plan(2)
 
-    class CustomConnectionPool extends ConnectionPool {
-      update () {
-        t.ok('called')
-        return this
-      }
-
-      nodesToHost (nodes) {
-        t.ok('called')
-        return []
+    class MyTransport extends Transport {
+      sniff (opts) {
+        t.strictEqual(opts.reason, Transport.sniffReasons.SNIFF_ON_CONNECTION_FAULT)
       }
     }
 
-    function handler (req, res) {
-      if (req.url === '/other/sniff') {
-        res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json;utf=8')
-        res.end(JSON.stringify({ hello: 'world' }))
-      } else {
-        setTimeout(() => res.end(), 1000)
-      }
-    }
+    const pool = new ConnectionPool({ Connection: MockConnectionTimeout })
+    pool.addConnection('http://localhost:9200')
 
-    buildServer(handler, ({ port }, server) => {
-      const pool = new CustomConnectionPool({ Connection })
-      pool.addConnection(`http://localhost:${port}`)
-      pool.addConnection(`http://localhost:${port}/other`)
+    const transport = new MyTransport({
+      emit: () => {},
+      connectionPool: pool,
+      serializer: new Serializer(),
+      maxRetries: 0,
+      requestTimeout: 500,
+      sniffInterval: false,
+      sniffOnConnectionFault: true,
+      sniffEndpoint: '/sniff'
+    })
 
-      const transport = new Transport({
-        emit: () => {},
-        connectionPool: pool,
-        serializer: new Serializer(),
-        maxRetries: 0,
-        requestTimeout: 500,
-        sniffInterval: false,
-        sniffOnConnectionFault: true,
-        sniffEndpoint: '/sniff'
-      })
-
-      transport.request({
-        method: 'GET',
-        path: '/'
-      }, (err, { body }) => {
-        t.ok(err instanceof TimeoutError)
-      })
-
-      setTimeout(() => server.stop(), 1100)
+    transport.request({
+      method: 'GET',
+      path: '/'
+    }, (err, { body }) => {
+      t.ok(err instanceof TimeoutError)
     })
   })
 
   t.test('sniffInterval', t => {
-    t.plan(9)
+    t.plan(6)
 
-    class CustomConnectionPool extends ConnectionPool {
-      update () {
-        return this
-      }
+    const clock = lolex.install({ toFake: ['Date'] })
+    t.teardown(() => clock.uninstall())
 
-      nodesToHost (nodes) {
-        return []
+    class MyTransport extends Transport {
+      sniff (opts) {
+        t.strictEqual(opts.reason, Transport.sniffReasons.SNIFF_INTERVAL)
       }
     }
 
-    function handler (req, res) {
-      // this should be called 6 times
-      t.ok('called')
-      res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json;utf=8')
-      res.end(JSON.stringify({ hello: 'world' }))
-    }
+    const pool = new ConnectionPool({ Connection: MockConnection })
+    pool.addConnection('http://localhost:9200')
 
-    buildServer(handler, ({ port }, server) => {
-      const pool = new CustomConnectionPool({ Connection })
-      pool.addConnection(`http://localhost:${port}`)
-
-      const transport = new Transport({
-        emit: () => {},
-        connectionPool: pool,
-        serializer: new Serializer(),
-        maxRetries: 3,
-        requestTimeout: 3000,
-        sniffInterval: 1,
-        sniffEndpoint: '/sniff'
-      })
-
-      const params = { method: 'GET', path: '/' }
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        transport.request(params, t.error)
-      }, 100)
-
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        transport.request(params, t.error)
-      }, 200)
-
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        transport.request(params, t.error)
-      }, 300)
-
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        server.stop()
-      }, 400)
+    const transport = new MyTransport({
+      emit: () => {},
+      connectionPool: pool,
+      serializer: new Serializer(),
+      maxRetries: 3,
+      requestTimeout: 3000,
+      sniffInterval: 1,
+      sniffEndpoint: '/sniff'
     })
+
+    const params = { method: 'GET', path: '/' }
+    clock.tick(100)
+    transport.request(params, t.error)
+
+    clock.tick(200)
+    transport.request(params, t.error)
+
+    clock.tick(300)
+    transport.request(params, t.error)
   })
 
   t.test('errored', t => {