diff --git a/plugins/fluentd_telemetry_plugin/src/schemas/set_conf.schema.json b/plugins/fluentd_telemetry_plugin/src/schemas/set_conf.schema.json
index 67c4e157..0ea74033 100644
--- a/plugins/fluentd_telemetry_plugin/src/schemas/set_conf.schema.json
+++ b/plugins/fluentd_telemetry_plugin/src/schemas/set_conf.schema.json
@@ -54,12 +54,7 @@
           },
           "message_tag_name": {
             "type": "string"
-          },
-          "timeout": {
-          "type": "integer",
-          "minimum": 1,
-          "err_message": "[telemetry-endpoint - timeout] attribute should be an integer greater than 0"
-        }
+          }
         },
         "required": [
           "host",
@@ -125,6 +120,11 @@
         },
         "enabled": {
           "type": "boolean"
+        },
+        "telemetry_request_timeout": {
+          "type": "integer",
+          "minimum": 1,
+          "err_message": "[streaming - telemetry_request_timeout] attribute should be an integer greater than 0"
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/plugins/fluentd_telemetry_plugin/src/streaming_config_parser.py b/plugins/fluentd_telemetry_plugin/src/streaming_config_parser.py
index b69f811b..7ab670d7 100644
--- a/plugins/fluentd_telemetry_plugin/src/streaming_config_parser.py
+++ b/plugins/fluentd_telemetry_plugin/src/streaming_config_parser.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ class UFMTelemetryStreamingConfigParser(ConfigParser):
     UFM_TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT_SECTION_XDR_MODE = "xdr_mode"
     UFM_TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT_SECTION_XDR_PORTS_TYPE = "xdr_ports_types"
     UFM_TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT_SECTION_XDR_PORTS_TYPE_SPLITTER = ";"
-    UFM_TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT_SECTION_TIMEOUT = "timeout"
 
     FLUENTD_ENDPOINT_SECTION = "fluentd-endpoint"
     FLUENTD_ENDPOINT_SECTION_HOST = "host"
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@ class UFMTelemetryStreamingConfigParser(ConfigParser):
     STREAMING_SECTION_STREAM_ONLY_NEW_SAMPLES = "stream_only_new_samples"
     STREAMING_SECTION_ENABLE_CACHED_STREAM_ON_TELEMETRY_FAIL = "enable_cached_stream_on_telemetry_fail"
     STREAMING_SECTION_ENABLED = "enabled"
+    STREAMING_SECTION_TELEMETRY_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = "TELEMETRY_REQUEST_TIMEOUT"
 
     META_FIELDS_SECTION = "meta-fields"
 
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ def get_ufm_telemetry_xdr_ports_types(self):
                                      self.UFM_TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT_SECTION,
                                      self.UFM_TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT_SECTION_XDR_PORTS_TYPE,
                                      "legacy;aggregated;plane")
-    def get_telemetry_timeout(self):
+    def get_streaming_telemetry_request_timeout(self):
         return self.safe_get_int(None,
-                                 self.UFM_TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT_SECTION,
-                                 self.UFM_TELEMETRY_ENDPOINT_SECTION_TIMEOUT,
+                                 self.STREAMING_SECTION,
+                                 self.STREAMING_SECTION_TELEMETRY_REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
                                  60)
     def get_streaming_interval(self):
         return self.get_config_value(None,
diff --git a/plugins/fluentd_telemetry_plugin/src/telemetry_parser.py b/plugins/fluentd_telemetry_plugin/src/telemetry_parser.py
index c5e1fb7b..601e288a 100644
--- a/plugins/fluentd_telemetry_plugin/src/telemetry_parser.py
+++ b/plugins/fluentd_telemetry_plugin/src/telemetry_parser.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ def get_metrics(self, _host, _port, _url, msg_tag):
         url = f'http://{_host}:{_port}/{_url}'
         logging.info('Send UFM Telemetry Endpoint Request, Method: GET, URL: %s', url)
         try:
-            response = requests.get(url, timeout=self.config_parser.get_telemetry_timeout())
+            response = requests.get(url, timeout=self.config_parser.get_streaming_telemetry_request_timeout())
             response.raise_for_status()
             actual_content_size = len(response.content)
             expected_content_size = int(response.headers.get('Content-Length', actual_content_size))