diff --git a/elasticsearch/connection/http_urllib3.py b/elasticsearch/connection/http_urllib3.py
index 9f7b38e0..06d9f5b0 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/connection/http_urllib3.py
+++ b/elasticsearch/connection/http_urllib3.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class Urllib3HttpConnection(Connection):
             kw = {}
             if timeout:
                 kw['timeout'] = timeout
-            response = self.pool.urlopen(method, url, body, **kw)
+            response = self.pool.urlopen(method, url, body, retries=0, **kw)
             duration = time.time() - start
             raw_data = response.data.decode('utf-8')
         except Exception as e: