diff --git a/kube-client/src/config/mod.rs b/kube-client/src/config/mod.rs
index ce5c9b57d..a02c48d0e 100644
--- a/kube-client/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/kube-client/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ impl Config {
             root_cert: None,
             connect_timeout: Some(DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT),
             read_timeout: Some(DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT),
-            write_timeout: None,
+            write_timeout: Some(DEFAULT_WRITE_TIMEOUT),
             accept_invalid_certs: false,
             auth_info: AuthInfo::default(),
             proxy_url: None,
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ impl Config {
             root_cert: Some(root_cert),
             connect_timeout: Some(DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT),
             read_timeout: Some(DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT),
-            write_timeout: None,
+            write_timeout: Some(DEFAULT_WRITE_TIMEOUT),
             accept_invalid_certs: false,
             auth_info: AuthInfo {
                 token_file: Some(incluster_config::token_file()),
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ impl Config {
             root_cert,
             connect_timeout: Some(DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT),
             read_timeout: Some(DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT),
-            write_timeout: None,
+            write_timeout: Some(DEFAULT_WRITE_TIMEOUT),
             accept_invalid_certs,
             proxy_url: loader.proxy_url()?,
             auth_info: loader.user,
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ fn certs(data: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<Vec<u8>>, pem::PemError> {
 // /~https://github.com/kube-rs/kube/issues/146#issuecomment-590924397
 const DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(30);
 const DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(295);
+const DEFAULT_WRITE_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(295);
 
 // Expose raw config structs
 pub use file_config::{