diff --git a/stable/yugaware/templates/configs.yaml b/stable/yugaware/templates/configs.yaml
index ac8e78db16..ded5ab075e 100644
--- a/stable/yugaware/templates/configs.yaml
+++ b/stable/yugaware/templates/configs.yaml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ data:
       swamper.targetPath = /opt/yugabyte/prometheus/targets
       swamper.rulesPath = /opt/yugabyte/prometheus/rules
       security.enable_auth_for_proxy_metrics = {{ .Values.yugaware.enableProxyMetricsAuth }}
+      proxy_endpoint_timeout = {{ .Values.yugaware.proxyEndpointTimeoutMs }}
       multiTenant = {{ .Values.yugaware.multiTenant }}
       releases.path = "/opt/yugabyte/releases"
       docker.release = "/opt/yugabyte/release"
diff --git a/stable/yugaware/values.yaml b/stable/yugaware/values.yaml
index 433c193535..c43d6b41f2 100644
--- a/stable/yugaware/values.yaml
+++ b/stable/yugaware/values.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ yugaware:
       cpu: 2
       memory: 4Gi
   enableProxyMetricsAuth: true
+  proxyEndpointTimeoutMs: 1 minute
   # enables features specific for cloud deployments
   cloud:
     enabled: false