diff --git a/roles/basesecurity/tasks/main.yml b/roles/basesecurity/tasks/main.yml
index be168f4..2db6b5b 100644
--- a/roles/basesecurity/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/basesecurity/tasks/main.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     - ["PermitRootLogin", "prohibit-password"]
     - ["AllowAgentForwarding", "no"]
     - ["X11Forwarding", "no"]
-    - ["TCPKeepAlive", "no"]
+    - ["TCPKeepAlive", "yes"]
   notify: Restart sshd service
 
 # See banned client with `fail2ban-client status sshd`