diff --git a/kubernetes_asyncio/client/rest.py b/kubernetes_asyncio/client/rest.py
index 8914d586..eca41107 100644
--- a/kubernetes_asyncio/client/rest.py
+++ b/kubernetes_asyncio/client/rest.py
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ async def request(self, method, url, query_params=None, headers=None,
         :param _request_timeout: timeout setting for this request. If one
                                  number provided, it will be total request
                                  timeout. It can also be a pair (tuple) of
-                                 (connection, read) timeouts.
+                                 (connection, read) timeouts or object
+                                 of aiohttp.ClientTimeout.
         """
         method = method.upper()
         assert method in ['GET', 'HEAD', 'DELETE', 'POST', 'PUT',
@@ -117,7 +118,18 @@ async def request(self, method, url, query_params=None, headers=None,
 
         post_params = post_params or {}
         headers = headers or {}
-        timeout = _request_timeout or 5 * 60
+        timeout = aiohttp.ClientTimeout()
+        if _request_timeout:
+            if isinstance(_request_timeout, (int, float)):
+                timeout = aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=_request_timeout)
+            elif isinstance(_request_timeout, tuple) and len(_request_timeout) == 2:
+                timeout = aiohttp.ClientTimeout(
+                        connect=_request_timeout[0],
+                        sock_connect=_request_timeout[0],
+                        sock_read=_request_timeout[1],
+                )
+            elif isinstance(_request_timeout, aiohttp.ClientTimeout):
+                timeout = _request_timeout
 
         if 'Content-Type' not in headers:
             headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
diff --git a/scripts/rest_client_timeout.diff b/scripts/rest_client_timeout.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95d53070
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/rest_client_timeout.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+--- /tmp/rest.py	2024-12-17 11:03:15.841466241 +0100
++++ kubernetes_asyncio/client/rest.py	2024-12-17 11:03:22.851477070 +0100
+@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@
+         :param _request_timeout: timeout setting for this request. If one
+                                  number provided, it will be total request
+                                  timeout. It can also be a pair (tuple) of
+-                                 (connection, read) timeouts or object
+-                                 of aiohttp.ClientTimeout.
++                                 (connection, read) timeouts.
+         """
+         method = method.upper()
+         assert method in ['GET', 'HEAD', 'DELETE', 'POST', 'PUT',
+@@ -118,18 +117,7 @@
+ 
+         post_params = post_params or {}
+         headers = headers or {}
+-        timeout = aiohttp.ClientTimeout()
+-        if _request_timeout:
+-            if isinstance(_request_timeout, (int, float)):
+-                timeout = aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=_request_timeout)
+-            elif isinstance(_request_timeout, tuple) and len(_request_timeout) == 2:
+-                timeout = aiohttp.ClientTimeout(
+-                        connect=_request_timeout[0],
+-                        sock_connect=_request_timeout[0],
+-                        sock_read=_request_timeout[1],
+-                )
+-            elif isinstance(_request_timeout, aiohttp.ClientTimeout):
+-                timeout = _request_timeout
++        timeout = _request_timeout or 5 * 60
+ 
+         if 'Content-Type' not in headers:
+             headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
diff --git a/scripts/update-client.sh b/scripts/update-client.sh
index c2d0ea75..a9e68d48 100755
--- a/scripts/update-client.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-client.sh
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ patch "${CLIENT_ROOT}/client/rest.py" "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/rest_client_patch_read_buf
 echo ">>> fix generated rest client and configuration to support customer server hostname TLS verification..."
 patch "${CLIENT_ROOT}/client/rest.py" "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/rest_client_server_hostname_patch.diff"
 patch "${CLIENT_ROOT}/client/configuration.py" "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/client_configuration_tls_server_name_patch.diff"
+echo ">>> fix generated rest client by handling timeout correctly..."
+patch -R "${CLIENT_ROOT}/client/rest.py" "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/rest_client_timeout.diff"
 
 echo ">>> don't deep-copy configuration for local_vars_configuration in models"
 patch "${CLIENT_ROOT}/client/configuration.py" "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/client_configuration_get_default_patch.diff"