diff --git a/pkg/router/appmesh_v1beta2.go b/pkg/router/appmesh_v1beta2.go
index c6cfc31f..cf106eb4 100644
--- a/pkg/router/appmesh_v1beta2.go
+++ b/pkg/router/appmesh_v1beta2.go
@@ -452,6 +452,19 @@ func (ar *AppMeshv1beta2Router) SetRoutes(
 	return nil
 }
 
+// getTimeout converts the Canary.Service.Timeout to AppMesh Duration
+func (ar *AppMeshv1beta2Router) getTimeout(canary *flaggerv1.Canary) *appmeshv1.Duration {
+	if canary.Spec.Service.Timeout != "" {
+		if d, err := time.ParseDuration(canary.Spec.Service.Timeout); err == nil {
+			return &appmeshv1.Duration{
+				Unit:  appmeshv1.DurationUnitMS,
+				Value: d.Milliseconds(),
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // makeRouteTimeout creates an AppMesh HTTPTimeout from the Canary.Service.Timeout
 func (ar *AppMeshv1beta2Router) makeRouteTimeout(canary *flaggerv1.Canary) *appmeshv1.HTTPTimeout {
 	if timeout := ar.getTimeout(canary); timeout != nil {
@@ -543,24 +556,6 @@ func (ar *AppMeshv1beta2Router) getContainerPort(canary *flaggerv1.Canary) appme
 	return appmeshv1.PortNumber(containerPort)
 }
 
-// getTimeout converts the Canary.Service.Timeout to AppMesh Duration
-func (ar *AppMeshv1beta2Router) getTimeout(canary *flaggerv1.Canary) *appmeshv1.Duration {
-	if canary.Spec.Service.Timeout != "" {
-		timeout := int64(1500)
-		if d, err := time.ParseDuration(canary.Spec.Service.Retries.PerTryTimeout); err == nil {
-			timeout = d.Milliseconds()
-		} else {
-			return nil
-		}
-
-		return &appmeshv1.Duration{
-			Unit:  appmeshv1.DurationUnitMS,
-			Value: timeout,
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (ar *AppMeshv1beta2Router) gatewayAnnotations(canary *flaggerv1.Canary) map[string]string {
 	a := make(map[string]string)
 	domains := ""
diff --git a/pkg/router/appmesh_v1beta2_test.go b/pkg/router/appmesh_v1beta2_test.go
index 9425cc3f..d01b216c 100644
--- a/pkg/router/appmesh_v1beta2_test.go
+++ b/pkg/router/appmesh_v1beta2_test.go
@@ -52,9 +52,14 @@ func TestAppmeshv1beta2Router_Reconcile(t *testing.T) {
 	vnPrimary, err := router.appmeshClient.AppmeshV1beta2().VirtualNodes("default").Get(context.TODO(), primaryName, metav1.GetOptions{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
+	// check FQDN
 	primaryDNS := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s.svc.cluster.local.", primaryName, mocks.appmeshCanary.Namespace)
 	assert.Equal(t, primaryDNS, vnPrimary.Spec.ServiceDiscovery.DNS.Hostname)
 
+	// check timeout
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(30000), vrApex.Spec.Routes[0].HTTPRoute.Timeout.PerRequest.Value)
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(30000), vnPrimary.Spec.Listeners[0].Timeout.HTTP.PerRequest.Value)
+
 	// test backends update
 	cd, err := mocks.flaggerClient.FlaggerV1beta1().Canaries("default").Get(context.TODO(), mocks.appmeshCanary.Name, metav1.GetOptions{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/pkg/router/router_test.go b/pkg/router/router_test.go
index 87946ca6..c5635d2f 100644
--- a/pkg/router/router_test.go
+++ b/pkg/router/router_test.go
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ func newTestCanaryAppMesh() *flaggerv1.Canary {
 				MeshName: "global",
 				Hosts:    []string{"*"},
 				Backends: []string{"backend.default"},
-				Timeout:  "25",
+				Timeout:  "30s",
 				Retries: &istiov1alpha3.HTTPRetry{
 					Attempts:      5,
 					PerTryTimeout: "gateway-error",