diff --git a/etcd3/client.py b/etcd3/client.py
index 5c7c7d20..0b25979d 100644
--- a/etcd3/client.py
+++ b/etcd3/client.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import functools
 import inspect
 import threading
+import time
 
 import grpc
 import grpc._channel
@@ -24,6 +25,42 @@
 }
 
 
+# this is used for gRPC proxy compatibility so that we do not
+# mark as finished writing until we've received a response
+# For more details see: https://github.com/davissp14/etcdv3-ruby/pull/117
+class BlockingRequest:
+    def __init__(self, request):
+        self.request = request
+        self.proceed = False
+        self.blocked = False
+        self.returned = False
+
+    def read_done(self):
+        self.proceed = True
+
+    def is_blocked(self):
+        return self.blocked
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __next__(self):
+        if not self.returned:
+            self.returned = True
+            return self.request
+        self.blocked = True
+        try:
+            raise StopIteration
+        except StopIteration:
+            raise StopIteration
+        finally:
+            while not self.proceed:
+                time.sleep(0.001)
+            self.blocked = False
+
+    next = __next__  # Python 2 compatibility
+
+
 def _translate_exception(exc):
     code = exc.code()
     exception = _EXCEPTIONS_BY_CODE.get(code)
@@ -898,13 +935,25 @@ def revoke_lease(self, lease_id):
 
     @_handle_errors
     def refresh_lease(self, lease_id):
-        keep_alive_request = etcdrpc.LeaseKeepAliveRequest(ID=lease_id)
-        request_stream = [keep_alive_request]
-        for response in self.leasestub.LeaseKeepAlive(
-                iter(request_stream),
-                self.timeout,
-                credentials=self.call_credentials,
-                metadata=self.metadata):
+        request_stream = BlockingRequest(
+            etcdrpc.LeaseKeepAliveRequest(ID=lease_id))
+        responses = []
+        try:
+            for response in self.leasestub.LeaseKeepAlive(
+                    request_stream,
+                    self.timeout,
+                    credentials=self.call_credentials,
+                    metadata=self.metadata):
+                responses.append(response)
+                break
+        except BaseException:
+            raise
+        finally:
+            request_stream.read_done()
+            while request_stream.is_blocked():
+                time.sleep(0.001)
+
+        for response in responses:
             yield response
 
     @_handle_errors
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 110578db..5f546f2f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def load_reqs(filename):
 
 setup(
     name='etcd3',
-    version='0.10.0',
+    version='0.10.1',
     description="Python client for the etcd3 API",
     long_description=readme + '\n\n' + history,
     author="Louis Taylor",
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index c2e1b375..65221cf5 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 PyYAML==5.1
 Sphinx==1.8.2
 bumpversion==0.5.3
-coverage==4.5.1
+coverage==4.5.4
 flake8-import-order==0.18
-flake8==3.6.0
+flake8==3.7.8
 grpcio-tools>=1.2.0
-hypothesis==3.82.1
+hypothesis==4.36.2
 pip==18.1
 pytest==4.0.1
 wheel==0.31.1
-pycodestyle==2.4.0
+pycodestyle==2.5.0
 tox==3.5.3
-flake8-docstrings==1.3.0
+flake8-docstrings==1.4.0
 mock==2.0.0
 pifpaf>=0.27.1