diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 863a3f6..29ae9bb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ The following options are available for the builder:
   - `username` - proxy username
   - `password` - proxy password
 - `connectionTimeout` - connection timeout in milliseconds (default: 5000 ms)
-- `responseTimeout` - Maximum duration allowed between each network-level read operations. (default: no timeout)
-- `maxIdleTime` - ConnectionProvider max idle time. (default: no max idle time)
-- `maxLifeTime` - ConnectionProvider max life time. (default: no max life time)
+- `responseTimeout` - Maximum duration allowed between each network-level read operations. (default: 60s)
+- `maxIdleTime` - ConnectionProvider max idle time. (default: 200s)
+- `maxLifeTime` - ConnectionProvider max life time. (default: 1h)
 - `keepAliveEnabled` - Keep-Alive probe feature flag (default: false)
 - `keepAliveIdle` - Keep-Alive idle time
 - `keepAliveInterval` - Keep-Alive retransmission interval time
diff --git a/rest-client-base/src/main/java/com/wultra/core/rest/client/base/RestClientConfiguration.java b/rest-client-base/src/main/java/com/wultra/core/rest/client/base/RestClientConfiguration.java
index 0150b0a..8e941d0 100644
--- a/rest-client-base/src/main/java/com/wultra/core/rest/client/base/RestClientConfiguration.java
+++ b/rest-client-base/src/main/java/com/wultra/core/rest/client/base/RestClientConfiguration.java
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ public class RestClientConfiguration {
 
     // HTTP connection timeout
     private Duration connectionTimeout = Duration.ofMillis(5000);
-    private Duration responseTimeout;
+    private Duration responseTimeout = Duration.ofSeconds(60);
 
-    private Duration maxIdleTime;
-    private Duration maxLifeTime;
+    private Duration maxIdleTime = Duration.ofSeconds(200);
+    private Duration maxLifeTime = Duration.ofHours(1);
 
     private boolean keepAliveEnabled;
     private Duration keepAliveIdle;