diff --git a/internal/distributed/proxy/httpserver/constant.go b/internal/distributed/proxy/httpserver/constant.go
index a8e1a185ad..7b68cfad7c 100644
--- a/internal/distributed/proxy/httpserver/constant.go
+++ b/internal/distributed/proxy/httpserver/constant.go
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 package httpserver
 
 import (
-	"time"
-
 	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/pkg/v2/util/metric"
 )
 
@@ -120,7 +118,6 @@ const (
 	HTTPHeaderAllowInt64     = "Accept-Type-Allow-Int64"
 	HTTPHeaderDBName         = "DB-Name"
 	HTTPHeaderRequestTimeout = "Request-Timeout"
-	HTTPDefaultTimeout       = 30 * time.Second
 	HTTPReturnCode           = "code"
 	HTTPReturnMessage        = "message"
 	HTTPReturnData           = "data"
diff --git a/internal/distributed/proxy/httpserver/timeout_middleware.go b/internal/distributed/proxy/httpserver/timeout_middleware.go
index 6e35c6f3e1..33a6ca421b 100644
--- a/internal/distributed/proxy/httpserver/timeout_middleware.go
+++ b/internal/distributed/proxy/httpserver/timeout_middleware.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 
 	mhttp "github.com/milvus-io/milvus/internal/http"
 	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/pkg/v2/util/merr"
+	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/pkg/v2/util/paramtable"
 )
 
 func defaultResponse(c *gin.Context) {
@@ -58,7 +59,6 @@ func (p *BufferPool) Put(buf *bytes.Buffer) {
 
 // Timeout struct
 type Timeout struct {
-	timeout  time.Duration
 	handler  gin.HandlerFunc
 	response gin.HandlerFunc
 }
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ func checkWriteHeaderCode(code int) {
 
 func timeoutMiddleware(handler gin.HandlerFunc) gin.HandlerFunc {
 	t := &Timeout{
-		timeout:  mhttp.HTTPDefaultTimeout,
 		handler:  handler,
 		response: defaultResponse,
 	}
@@ -164,9 +163,10 @@ func timeoutMiddleware(handler gin.HandlerFunc) gin.HandlerFunc {
 		defer cancel()
 		gCtx.Request = gCtx.Request.WithContext(topCtx)
 
+		timeout := paramtable.Get().HTTPCfg.RequestTimeoutMs.GetAsDuration(time.Millisecond)
 		timeoutSecond, err := strconv.ParseInt(gCtx.Request.Header.Get(mhttp.HTTPHeaderRequestTimeout), 10, 64)
 		if err == nil {
-			t.timeout = time.Duration(timeoutSecond) * time.Second
+			timeout = time.Duration(timeoutSecond) * time.Second
 		}
 		finish := make(chan struct{}, 1)
 		panicChan := make(chan interface{}, 1)
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func timeoutMiddleware(handler gin.HandlerFunc) gin.HandlerFunc {
 			tw.FreeBuffer()
 			bufPool.Put(buffer)
 
-		case <-time.After(t.timeout):
+		case <-time.After(timeout):
 			gCtx.Abort()
 			tw.mu.Lock()
 			defer tw.mu.Unlock()
diff --git a/internal/http/constant.go b/internal/http/constant.go
index cf0e0c988e..38766a2f81 100644
--- a/internal/http/constant.go
+++ b/internal/http/constant.go
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 package http
 
-import (
-	"time"
-)
-
 const (
 	HTTPHeaderAllowInt64     = "Accept-Type-Allow-Int64"
 	HTTPHeaderRequestTimeout = "Request-Timeout"
-	HTTPDefaultTimeout       = 30 * time.Second
 	HTTPReturnCode           = "code"
 	HTTPReturnMessage        = "message"
 	HTTPReturnData           = "data"
diff --git a/pkg/util/paramtable/http_param.go b/pkg/util/paramtable/http_param.go
index 66a51beafe..d469a830ba 100644
--- a/pkg/util/paramtable/http_param.go
+++ b/pkg/util/paramtable/http_param.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type httpConfig struct {
 	Port                 ParamItem `refreshable:"false"`
 	AcceptTypeAllowInt64 ParamItem `refreshable:"true"`
 	EnablePprof          ParamItem `refreshable:"false"`
-	RequestTimeoutMs     ParamItem `refreshable:"false"`
+	RequestTimeoutMs     ParamItem `refreshable:"true"`
 }
 
 func (p *httpConfig) init(base *BaseTable) {
@@ -71,4 +71,13 @@ func (p *httpConfig) init(base *BaseTable) {
 		Export:       true,
 	}
 	p.EnablePprof.Init(base.mgr)
+
+	p.RequestTimeoutMs = ParamItem{
+		Key:          "proxy.http.requestTimeoutMs",
+		DefaultValue: "30000",
+		Version:      "2.5.10",
+		Doc:          "default restful request timeout duration in milliseconds",
+		Export:       false,
+	}
+	p.RequestTimeoutMs.Init(base.mgr)
 }