diff --git a/ruby/ql/lib/change-notes/2025-07-21-nethttprequest-improvements.md b/ruby/ql/lib/change-notes/2025-07-21-nethttprequest-improvements.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7de3ed050e2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruby/ql/lib/change-notes/2025-07-21-nethttprequest-improvements.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+category: fix
+---
+* Made the following changes to `NetHttpRequest`
+  * Adds `connectionNode`, like other Ruby HTTP clients
+  * Makes `requestNode` and `connectionNode` public so subclasses can use them
+  * Adds detection of `Net::HTTP.start`, a common way to make HTTP requests in Ruby
diff --git a/ruby/ql/lib/codeql/ruby/frameworks/http_clients/NetHttp.qll b/ruby/ql/lib/codeql/ruby/frameworks/http_clients/NetHttp.qll
index 3a0b484e5465..0b4156ff813d 100644
--- a/ruby/ql/lib/codeql/ruby/frameworks/http_clients/NetHttp.qll
+++ b/ruby/ql/lib/codeql/ruby/frameworks/http_clients/NetHttp.qll
@@ -12,15 +12,22 @@ private import codeql.ruby.DataFlow
 /**
  * A `Net::HTTP` call which initiates an HTTP request.
  * ```ruby
+ * # one-off request
  * Net::HTTP.get("http://example.com/")
  * Net::HTTP.post("http://example.com/", "some_data")
  * req = Net::HTTP.new("example.com")
  * response = req.get("/")
+ *
+ * # connection re-use
+ * Net::HTTP.start("http://example.com") do |http|
+ *   http.get("/")
+ * end
  * ```
  */
 class NetHttpRequest extends Http::Client::Request::Range instanceof DataFlow::CallNode {
   private DataFlow::CallNode request;
-  private API::Node requestNode;
+  API::Node requestNode;
+  API::Node connectionNode;
   private boolean returnsResponseBody;
 
   NetHttpRequest() {
@@ -30,20 +37,27 @@ class NetHttpRequest extends Http::Client::Request::Range instanceof DataFlow::C
     |
       // Net::HTTP.get(...)
       method in ["get", "get_response"] and
-      requestNode = API::getTopLevelMember("Net").getMember("HTTP").getReturn(method) and
+      connectionNode = API::getTopLevelMember("Net").getMember("HTTP") and
+      requestNode = connectionNode.getReturn(method) and
       returnsResponseBody = true
       or
       // Net::HTTP.post(...).body
       method in ["post", "post_form"] and
-      requestNode = API::getTopLevelMember("Net").getMember("HTTP").getReturn(method) and
+      connectionNode = API::getTopLevelMember("Net").getMember("HTTP") and
+      requestNode = connectionNode.getReturn(method) and
       returnsResponseBody = false
       or
       // Net::HTTP.new(..).get(..).body
+      // Net::HTTP.start(..) do |http| http.get(..) end
       method in [
           "get", "get2", "request_get", "head", "head2", "request_head", "delete", "put", "patch",
           "post", "post2", "request_post", "request"
         ] and
-      requestNode = API::getTopLevelMember("Net").getMember("HTTP").getInstance().getReturn(method) and
+      connectionNode = [
+        API::getTopLevelMember("Net").getMember("HTTP").getInstance(),
+        API::getTopLevelMember("Net").getMember("HTTP").getMethod("start").getBlock().getParameter(0)
+        ] and
+      requestNode = connectionNode.getReturn(method) and
       returnsResponseBody = false
     )
   }
diff --git a/ruby/ql/test/library-tests/frameworks/http_clients/HttpClients.expected b/ruby/ql/test/library-tests/frameworks/http_clients/HttpClients.expected
index f6275da34ace..e3a36c04819d 100644
--- a/ruby/ql/test/library-tests/frameworks/http_clients/HttpClients.expected
+++ b/ruby/ql/test/library-tests/frameworks/http_clients/HttpClients.expected
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ httpRequests
 | NetHttp.rb:16:6:16:19 | call to patch |
 | NetHttp.rb:24:3:24:33 | call to get |
 | NetHttp.rb:29:1:29:32 | call to post |
+| NetHttp.rb:33:1:33:22 | call to request |
+| NetHttp.rb:36:3:36:15 | call to get |
 | OpenURI.rb:3:9:3:41 | call to open |
 | OpenURI.rb:6:9:6:34 | call to open |
 | OpenURI.rb:9:9:9:38 | call to open |
@@ -123,6 +125,8 @@ getFramework
 | NetHttp.rb:16:6:16:19 | call to patch | Net::HTTP |
 | NetHttp.rb:24:3:24:33 | call to get | Net::HTTP |
 | NetHttp.rb:29:1:29:32 | call to post | Net::HTTP |
+| NetHttp.rb:33:1:33:22 | call to request | Net::HTTP |
+| NetHttp.rb:36:3:36:15 | call to get | Net::HTTP |
 | OpenURI.rb:3:9:3:41 | call to open | OpenURI |
 | OpenURI.rb:6:9:6:34 | call to open | OpenURI |
 | OpenURI.rb:9:9:9:38 | call to open | OpenURI |
@@ -292,6 +296,9 @@ getAUrlPart
 | NetHttp.rb:24:3:24:33 | call to get | NetHttp.rb:24:17:24:22 | domain |
 | NetHttp.rb:24:3:24:33 | call to get | NetHttp.rb:24:29:24:32 | path |
 | NetHttp.rb:29:1:29:32 | call to post | NetHttp.rb:29:16:29:18 | uri |
+| NetHttp.rb:33:1:33:22 | call to request | NetHttp.rb:31:22:31:42 | "https://example.com" |
+| NetHttp.rb:33:1:33:22 | call to request | NetHttp.rb:33:14:33:21 | root_get |
+| NetHttp.rb:36:3:36:15 | call to get | NetHttp.rb:36:12:36:14 | "/" |
 | OpenURI.rb:3:9:3:41 | call to open | OpenURI.rb:3:21:3:40 | "http://example.com" |
 | OpenURI.rb:6:9:6:34 | call to open | OpenURI.rb:6:14:6:33 | "http://example.com" |
 | OpenURI.rb:9:9:9:38 | call to open | OpenURI.rb:9:18:9:37 | "http://example.com" |
diff --git a/ruby/ql/test/library-tests/frameworks/http_clients/NetHttp.rb b/ruby/ql/test/library-tests/frameworks/http_clients/NetHttp.rb
index 608b46ece9aa..63f1522dfad4 100644
--- a/ruby/ql/test/library-tests/frameworks/http_clients/NetHttp.rb
+++ b/ruby/ql/test/library-tests/frameworks/http_clients/NetHttp.rb
@@ -27,3 +27,11 @@ def get(domain, path)
 get("example.com", "/").body
 
 Net::HTTP.post(uri, "some_body") # note: response body not accessed
+
+http = Net::HTTP.new("https://example.com")
+root_get = Net::HTTP::Get.new("/")
+http.request(root_get)
+
+Net::HTTP.start("https://example.com") do |http|
+  http.get("/")
+end