diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index 7f88111..9cab370 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         dependencies: ["pip", "conda"]
       fail-fast: false
 
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ jobs:
         if: matrix.dependencies == 'conda'
         run: |
           set -vxeo pipefail
-          conda install -y -c conda-forge six mongoquery doct jsonschema mock mongomock pymongo pytest pyyaml requests tornado ujson
+          conda install -y -c conda-forge six mongoquery doct jsonschema mock pymongo pytest pyyaml requests tornado ujson
+          pip install mongomock
 
       - name: Install the package
         run: |
diff --git a/analysisstore/client/asutils.py b/analysisstore/client/asutils.py
index 052e4e0..ceebd1e 100644
--- a/analysisstore/client/asutils.py
+++ b/analysisstore/client/asutils.py
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@
 import six
 
 
+session = requests.Session()
+
+
 def get_document(url, doc_type, as_json, contents):
-    r = requests.get(url, params=ujson.dumps(contents))
+    r = session.get(url, params=ujson.dumps(contents))
     r.raise_for_status()
     content = ujson.loads(r.text)
     if as_json:
@@ -18,7 +21,7 @@ def get_document(url, doc_type, as_json, contents):
 
 def post_document(url, contents):
     try:
-        r = requests.post(url, data=ujson.dumps(contents))
+        r = session.post(url, data=ujson.dumps(contents))
     except ConnectionError:
         raise ConnectionError('No AnalysisStore server found')
     r.raise_for_status()  # this is for catching server side issue.