diff --git a/.changeset/pink-beds-study.md b/.changeset/pink-beds-study.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dfda22eb4d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pink-beds-study.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@firebase/firestore": patch
+---
+
+Go back using xmlhttprequest for bidi-streams, as fetch streams seem to be having connection issue.
diff --git a/packages/firestore/src/platform/browser/webchannel_connection.ts b/packages/firestore/src/platform/browser/webchannel_connection.ts
index 38d78996b6e..77ecef10e0b 100644
--- a/packages/firestore/src/platform/browser/webchannel_connection.ts
+++ b/packages/firestore/src/platform/browser/webchannel_connection.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ import {
   EventTarget,
   StatEvent,
   Event,
-  Stat
+  Stat,
+  FetchXmlHttpFactory
 } from '@firebase/webchannel-wrapper';
 
 import { Token } from '../../api/credentials';
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ export class WebChannelConnection extends RestConnection {
     }
 
     if (this.useFetchStreams) {
-      request.useFetchStreams = true;
+      request.xmlHttpFactory = new FetchXmlHttpFactory({});
     }
 
     this.modifyHeadersForRequest(