diff --git a/cpapi/mgmt_api.py b/cpapi/mgmt_api.py
index 393873b..5323121 100644
--- a/cpapi/mgmt_api.py
+++ b/cpapi/mgmt_api.py
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ def api_call(self, command, payload=None, sid=None, wait_for_task=True, timeout=
                 res = APIResponse("", False, err_message=err_message)
             else:
                 res = APIResponse("", False, err_message=err)
-        except (http_client.CannotSendRequest, http_client.BadStatusLine, ConnectionAbortedError) as e:
+        except (http_client.CannotSendRequest, http_client.BadStatusLine, ConnectionAbortedError, BrokenPipeError, IOError) as e:
             self.conn = self.create_https_connection()
             self.conn.request("POST", url, _data, _headers)
             response = self.conn.getresponse()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d767a4c..f233af3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="cp-mgmt-api-sdk",
-    version="1.5.0",
+    version="1.6.0",
     author="API team",
     author_email="api_team@checkpoint.com",
     license='Apache 2.0',