diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/reservedstate/ReservedRepositoryAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/reservedstate/ReservedRepositoryAction.java
index d3dc7c916f066..2dae8c4d98685 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/reservedstate/ReservedRepositoryAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/cluster/repositories/reservedstate/ReservedRepositoryAction.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public TransformState transform(Object source, TransformState prevState) throws
         toDelete.removeAll(entities);
 
         for (var repositoryToDelete : toDelete) {
-            var task = new RepositoriesService.UnregisterRepositoryTask(DUMMY_TIMEOUT, repositoryToDelete);
+            var task = new RepositoriesService.UnregisterRepositoryTask(RESERVED_CLUSTER_STATE_HANDLER_IGNORED_TIMEOUT, repositoryToDelete);
             state = task.execute(state);
         }
 
@@ -97,7 +97,11 @@ public List<PutRepositoryRequest> fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOE
         Map<String, ?> source = parser.map();
 
         for (var entry : source.entrySet()) {
-            PutRepositoryRequest putRepositoryRequest = new PutRepositoryRequest(DUMMY_TIMEOUT, DUMMY_TIMEOUT, entry.getKey());
+            PutRepositoryRequest putRepositoryRequest = new PutRepositoryRequest(
+                RESERVED_CLUSTER_STATE_HANDLER_IGNORED_TIMEOUT,
+                RESERVED_CLUSTER_STATE_HANDLER_IGNORED_TIMEOUT,
+                entry.getKey()
+            );
             @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
             Map<String, ?> content = (Map<String, ?>) entry.getValue();
             try (XContentParser repoParser = mapToXContentParser(XContentParserConfiguration.EMPTY, content)) {
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/reservedstate/ReservedClusterStateHandler.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/reservedstate/ReservedClusterStateHandler.java
index 92cdf57102f42..0fe533dc9dc85 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/reservedstate/ReservedClusterStateHandler.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/reservedstate/ReservedClusterStateHandler.java
@@ -126,5 +126,5 @@ default void validate(MasterNodeRequest<?> request) {
     /**
      * Reserved-state handlers create master-node requests but never actually send them to the master node so the timeouts are not relevant.
      */
-    TimeValue DUMMY_TIMEOUT = TimeValue.THIRTY_SECONDS;
+    TimeValue RESERVED_CLUSTER_STATE_HANDLER_IGNORED_TIMEOUT = TimeValue.THIRTY_SECONDS;
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/reservedstate/action/ReservedClusterSettingsAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/reservedstate/action/ReservedClusterSettingsAction.java
index ebc0d5cdf50ec..dff9b5283c67e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/reservedstate/action/ReservedClusterSettingsAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/reservedstate/action/ReservedClusterSettingsAction.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.ClusterSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsUpdater;
-import org.elasticsearch.core.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.reservedstate.ReservedClusterStateHandler;
 import org.elasticsearch.reservedstate.TransformState;
 import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentParser;
@@ -60,9 +59,8 @@ private static ClusterUpdateSettingsRequest prepare(Object input, Set<String> pr
         toDelete.forEach(k -> newSettings.put(k, (String) null));
 
         final ClusterUpdateSettingsRequest clusterUpdateSettingsRequest = new ClusterUpdateSettingsRequest(
-            // timeouts are unused, any value will do
-            TimeValue.THIRTY_SECONDS,
-            TimeValue.THIRTY_SECONDS
+            RESERVED_CLUSTER_STATE_HANDLER_IGNORED_TIMEOUT,
+            RESERVED_CLUSTER_STATE_HANDLER_IGNORED_TIMEOUT
         );
         clusterUpdateSettingsRequest.persistentSettings(newSettings);
         return clusterUpdateSettingsRequest;
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/autoscaling/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/autoscaling/action/ReservedAutoscalingPolicyAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/autoscaling/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/autoscaling/action/ReservedAutoscalingPolicyAction.java
index 2a064afc591ce..ac09630f1bc9f 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/autoscaling/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/autoscaling/action/ReservedAutoscalingPolicyAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/autoscaling/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/autoscaling/action/ReservedAutoscalingPolicyAction.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.autoscaling.action;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
-import org.elasticsearch.core.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.reservedstate.ReservedClusterStateHandler;
 import org.elasticsearch.reservedstate.TransformState;
 import org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentParser;
@@ -96,8 +95,8 @@ public List<PutAutoscalingPolicyAction.Request> fromXContent(XContentParser pars
                     PutAutoscalingPolicyAction.Request.parse(
                         policyParser,
                         (roles, deciders) -> new PutAutoscalingPolicyAction.Request(
-                            TimeValue.MINUS_ONE,
-                            TimeValue.MINUS_ONE,
+                            RESERVED_CLUSTER_STATE_HANDLER_IGNORED_TIMEOUT,
+                            RESERVED_CLUSTER_STATE_HANDLER_IGNORED_TIMEOUT,
                             name,
                             roles,
                             deciders
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ilm/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ilm/action/ReservedLifecycleAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/ilm/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ilm/action/ReservedLifecycleAction.java
index ba41e29531b76..d68e83814915e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ilm/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ilm/action/ReservedLifecycleAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ilm/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ilm/action/ReservedLifecycleAction.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.internal.Client;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
-import org.elasticsearch.core.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.license.XPackLicenseState;
 import org.elasticsearch.reservedstate.ReservedClusterStateHandler;
 import org.elasticsearch.reservedstate.TransformState;
@@ -64,8 +63,11 @@ public Collection<PutLifecycleRequest> prepare(Object input) throws IOException
         List<LifecyclePolicy> policies = (List<LifecyclePolicy>) input;
 
         for (var policy : policies) {
-            // timeouts don't matter here
-            PutLifecycleRequest request = new PutLifecycleRequest(TimeValue.THIRTY_SECONDS, TimeValue.THIRTY_SECONDS, policy);
+            PutLifecycleRequest request = new PutLifecycleRequest(
+                RESERVED_CLUSTER_STATE_HANDLER_IGNORED_TIMEOUT,
+                RESERVED_CLUSTER_STATE_HANDLER_IGNORED_TIMEOUT,
+                policy
+            );
             validate(request);
             result.add(request);
         }
@@ -97,8 +99,11 @@ public TransformState transform(Object source, TransformState prevState) throws
 
         for (var policyToDelete : toDelete) {
             TransportDeleteLifecycleAction.DeleteLifecyclePolicyTask task = new TransportDeleteLifecycleAction.DeleteLifecyclePolicyTask(
-                // timeouts don't matter here
-                new DeleteLifecycleAction.Request(TimeValue.THIRTY_SECONDS, TimeValue.THIRTY_SECONDS, policyToDelete),
+                new DeleteLifecycleAction.Request(
+                    RESERVED_CLUSTER_STATE_HANDLER_IGNORED_TIMEOUT,
+                    RESERVED_CLUSTER_STATE_HANDLER_IGNORED_TIMEOUT,
+                    policyToDelete
+                ),
                 ActionListener.noop()
             );
             state = task.execute(state);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/slm/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/slm/action/ReservedSnapshotAction.java b/x-pack/plugin/slm/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/slm/action/ReservedSnapshotAction.java
index 192b03aa385d5..a98e110ed88de 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/slm/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/slm/action/ReservedSnapshotAction.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/slm/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/slm/action/ReservedSnapshotAction.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
-import org.elasticsearch.core.TimeValue;
 import org.elasticsearch.features.FeatureService;
 import org.elasticsearch.reservedstate.ReservedClusterStateHandler;
 import org.elasticsearch.reservedstate.TransformState;
@@ -59,10 +58,9 @@ private Collection<PutSnapshotLifecycleAction.Request> prepare(List<SnapshotLife
         List<Exception> exceptions = new ArrayList<>();
 
         for (var policy : policies) {
-            // timeouts don't matter here
             PutSnapshotLifecycleAction.Request request = new PutSnapshotLifecycleAction.Request(
-                TimeValue.THIRTY_SECONDS,
-                TimeValue.THIRTY_SECONDS,
+                RESERVED_CLUSTER_STATE_HANDLER_IGNORED_TIMEOUT,
+                RESERVED_CLUSTER_STATE_HANDLER_IGNORED_TIMEOUT,
                 policy.getId(),
                 policy
             );
@@ -106,9 +104,12 @@ public TransformState transform(Object source, TransformState prevState) throws
         toDelete.removeAll(entities);
 
         for (var policyToDelete : toDelete) {
-            // timeouts don't matter here
             var task = new TransportDeleteSnapshotLifecycleAction.DeleteSnapshotPolicyTask(
-                new DeleteSnapshotLifecycleAction.Request(TimeValue.THIRTY_SECONDS, TimeValue.THIRTY_SECONDS, policyToDelete),
+                new DeleteSnapshotLifecycleAction.Request(
+                    RESERVED_CLUSTER_STATE_HANDLER_IGNORED_TIMEOUT,
+                    RESERVED_CLUSTER_STATE_HANDLER_IGNORED_TIMEOUT,
+                    policyToDelete
+                ),
                 ActionListener.noop()
             );
             state = task.execute(state);