diff --git a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/SFSession.java b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/SFSession.java
index 0dbcd4d88..48dba97d1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/SFSession.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/snowflake/client/core/SFSession.java
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ private JsonNode getQueryMetadata(String queryID) throws SQLException {
             HttpUtil.executeGeneralRequest(
                 get,
                 loginTimeout,
-                0,
+                0, // no authentication timeout for the request
                 (int) httpClientSocketTimeout.toMillis(),
                 maxHttpRetries,
                 getHttpClientKey());