diff --git a/dropwizard-app/src/main/resources/config.yml b/dropwizard-app/src/main/resources/config.yml
index 2c6db9f..73345d0 100644
--- a/dropwizard-app/src/main/resources/config.yml
+++ b/dropwizard-app/src/main/resources/config.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ database:
 
 exchangeClientConfig:
   basePath: 'http://localhost:8888/exchanges?currency='
+  timeout: 5s # default=0.5s
 
 logging:
   level: INFO
diff --git a/micronaut-app/src/main/resources/application.yml b/micronaut-app/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 3604245..add6f5a 100644
--- a/micronaut-app/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/micronaut-app/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ micronaut:
     services:
       exchange-client:
         url: "http://localhost:8888"
-        read-timeout: 1m
+        read-timeout: 5s # default=10s
 endpoints:
   all:
     port: 8081
diff --git a/quarkus-app/src/main/resources/application.properties b/quarkus-app/src/main/resources/application.properties
index b58785c..f4ff32b 100644
--- a/quarkus-app/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/quarkus-app/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ quarkus.datasource.jdbc.url = jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/postgres
 quarkus.hibernate-orm.database.generation = drop-and-create
 
 quarkus.rest-client.exchange-client.url=http://localhost:8888
+# Default '30000'
+quarkus.rest-client.exchange-client.read-timeout=5000
 quarkus.rest-client.exchange-client.scope=jakarta.inject.Singleton
 
 # https://quarkus.io/guides/cdi-reference#bean_discovery
diff --git a/spring-app/src/main/java/bitxon/spring/client/ExchangeClientConfig.java b/spring-app/src/main/java/bitxon/spring/client/ExchangeClientConfig.java
index a41bb36..699ec6c 100644
--- a/spring-app/src/main/java/bitxon/spring/client/ExchangeClientConfig.java
+++ b/spring-app/src/main/java/bitxon/spring/client/ExchangeClientConfig.java
@@ -7,14 +7,19 @@
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.support.WebClientAdapter;
 import org.springframework.web.service.invoker.HttpServiceProxyFactory;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
+
 @Configuration
 public class ExchangeClientConfig {
 
     @Bean
-    public ExchangeClient exchangeClient(@Value("${http.exchange-client.url}") String url) {
-        var webClient = WebClient.create(url);
-        var factory = HttpServiceProxyFactory.builder(WebClientAdapter.forClient(webClient)).build();
-        var serviceClient = factory.createClient(ExchangeClient.class);
-        return serviceClient;
+    public ExchangeClient exchangeClient(@Value("${http.exchange-client.url}") String url,
+                                         @Value("${http.exchange-client.block-timeout}") Duration blockTimeout,
+                                         WebClient.Builder webClientBuilder) {
+        var webClient = webClientBuilder.baseUrl(url).build();
+        var factory = HttpServiceProxyFactory.builder(WebClientAdapter.forClient(webClient))
+            .blockTimeout(blockTimeout)
+            .build();
+        return factory.createClient(ExchangeClient.class);
     }
 }
diff --git a/spring-app/src/main/resources/application.yml b/spring-app/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 8bb79cc..e3aa9dc 100644
--- a/spring-app/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/spring-app/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ spring:
 http:
   exchange-client:
     url: http://localhost:8888
+    block-timeout: 5s # default=5s
 
 logging:
   level: