diff --git a/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/client/DaprHttpBuilder.java b/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/client/DaprHttpBuilder.java
index 5f76ba30a..9c833042d 100644
--- a/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/client/DaprHttpBuilder.java
+++ b/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/client/DaprHttpBuilder.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class DaprHttpBuilder {
    */
   private DaprHttp buildDaprHttp() {
     OkHttpClient.Builder builder = new OkHttpClient.Builder();
-    builder.readTimeout(DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT);
+    builder.readTimeout(this.readTimeout);
     OkHttpClient okHttpClient = builder.build();
     return new DaprHttp(Properties.HTTP_PORT.get(), okHttpClient);
   }
diff --git a/sdk/src/test/java/io/dapr/client/DaprHttpBuilderTest.java b/sdk/src/test/java/io/dapr/client/DaprHttpBuilderTest.java
index 9a26db2fc..d1210400e 100644
--- a/sdk/src/test/java/io/dapr/client/DaprHttpBuilderTest.java
+++ b/sdk/src/test/java/io/dapr/client/DaprHttpBuilderTest.java
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 package io.dapr.client;
 
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
 import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.time.Duration;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 
@@ -10,10 +15,27 @@ public class DaprHttpBuilderTest {
   @Test
   public void withReadTimeout() throws Exception {
     DaprHttpBuilder daprHttpBuilder = new DaprHttpBuilder();
-    Duration duration = mock(Duration.class);
+    Duration duration = Duration.ofSeconds(999);
     daprHttpBuilder.build();
     DaprHttpBuilder dapr = daprHttpBuilder.withReadTimeout(duration);
     assertNotNull(dapr);
+
+    DaprHttp daprHttp = daprHttpBuilder.build();
+    assertOKHttpPropertyValue(daprHttp, "readTimeoutMillis", (int)duration.toMillis());
+  }
+
+  private static final void assertOKHttpPropertyValue(DaprHttp daprHttp, String propertyName, Object expectedValue) throws Exception {
+    // First, get okHttpClient.
+    Field httpClientField = DaprHttp.class.getDeclaredField("httpClient");
+    httpClientField.setAccessible(true);
+    OkHttpClient okHttpClient = (OkHttpClient) httpClientField.get(daprHttp);
+    assertNotNull(okHttpClient);
+
+    Field propertyField = OkHttpClient.class.getDeclaredField(propertyName);
+    propertyField.setAccessible(true);
+    Object value = propertyField.get(okHttpClient);
+    assertNotNull(value);
+    assertEquals(expectedValue, value);
   }
 
 }
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