diff --git a/api/src/main/java/io/kafbat/ui/service/ApplicationInfoService.java b/api/src/main/java/io/kafbat/ui/service/ApplicationInfoService.java
index 0a04ce9d6..7d380036c 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/io/kafbat/ui/service/ApplicationInfoService.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/io/kafbat/ui/service/ApplicationInfoService.java
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package io.kafbat.ui.service;
 
 import static io.kafbat.ui.model.ApplicationInfoDTO.EnabledFeaturesEnum;
+import static io.kafbat.ui.util.GithubReleaseInfo.GITHUB_RELEASE_INFO_TIMEOUT;
 
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import io.kafbat.ui.model.ApplicationInfoBuildDTO;
 import io.kafbat.ui.model.ApplicationInfoDTO;
 import io.kafbat.ui.model.ApplicationInfoLatestReleaseDTO;
@@ -13,27 +15,27 @@
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Properties;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.boot.info.BuildProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.info.GitProperties;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
-import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
 @Service
 public class ApplicationInfoService {
-
-  private final GithubReleaseInfo githubReleaseInfo = new GithubReleaseInfo();
-
+  private final GithubReleaseInfo githubReleaseInfo;
   private final DynamicConfigOperations dynamicConfigOperations;
   private final BuildProperties buildProperties;
   private final GitProperties gitProperties;
 
   public ApplicationInfoService(DynamicConfigOperations dynamicConfigOperations,
                                 @Autowired(required = false) BuildProperties buildProperties,
-                                @Autowired(required = false) GitProperties gitProperties) {
+                                @Autowired(required = false) GitProperties gitProperties,
+                                @Value("${" + GITHUB_RELEASE_INFO_TIMEOUT + ":10}") int githubApiMaxWaitTime) {
     this.dynamicConfigOperations = dynamicConfigOperations;
     this.buildProperties = Optional.ofNullable(buildProperties).orElse(new BuildProperties(new Properties()));
     this.gitProperties = Optional.ofNullable(gitProperties).orElse(new GitProperties(new Properties()));
+    githubReleaseInfo = new GithubReleaseInfo(githubApiMaxWaitTime);
   }
 
   public ApplicationInfoDTO getApplicationInfo() {
@@ -74,4 +76,8 @@ public void updateGithubReleaseInfo() {
     githubReleaseInfo.refresh().subscribe();
   }
 
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  GithubReleaseInfo githubReleaseInfo() {
+    return githubReleaseInfo;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/io/kafbat/ui/util/GithubReleaseInfo.java b/api/src/main/java/io/kafbat/ui/util/GithubReleaseInfo.java
index e3f546ad8..ba767a65a 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/io/kafbat/ui/util/GithubReleaseInfo.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/io/kafbat/ui/util/GithubReleaseInfo.java
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import java.time.Duration;
+import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
 @Slf4j
 public class GithubReleaseInfo {
+  public static final String GITHUB_RELEASE_INFO_TIMEOUT = "github.release.info.timeout";
 
   private static final String GITHUB_LATEST_RELEASE_RETRIEVAL_URL =
       "https://api.github.com/repos/kafbat/kafka-ui/releases/latest";
 
-  private static final Duration GITHUB_API_MAX_WAIT_TIME = Duration.ofSeconds(10);
-
   public record GithubReleaseDto(String html_url, String tag_name, String published_at) {
 
     static GithubReleaseDto empty() {
@@ -24,17 +24,21 @@ static GithubReleaseDto empty() {
 
   private final Mono<Void> refreshMono;
 
-  public GithubReleaseInfo() {
-    this(GITHUB_LATEST_RELEASE_RETRIEVAL_URL);
+  @Getter
+  private final int githubApiMaxWaitTime;
+
+  public GithubReleaseInfo(int githubApiMaxWaitTime) {
+    this(GITHUB_LATEST_RELEASE_RETRIEVAL_URL, githubApiMaxWaitTime);
   }
 
   @VisibleForTesting
-  GithubReleaseInfo(String url) {
+  GithubReleaseInfo(String url, int githubApiMaxWaitTime) {
+    this.githubApiMaxWaitTime = githubApiMaxWaitTime;
     this.refreshMono = new WebClientConfigurator().build()
         .get()
         .uri(url)
         .exchangeToMono(resp -> resp.bodyToMono(GithubReleaseDto.class))
-        .timeout(GITHUB_API_MAX_WAIT_TIME)
+        .timeout(Duration.ofSeconds(this.githubApiMaxWaitTime))
         .doOnError(th -> log.trace("Error getting latest github release info", th))
         .onErrorResume(th -> true, th -> Mono.just(GithubReleaseDto.empty()))
         .doOnNext(release -> this.release = release)
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/io/kafbat/ui/AbstractIntegrationTest.java b/api/src/test/java/io/kafbat/ui/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
index 5f7e6040c..554387a1a 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/io/kafbat/ui/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/io/kafbat/ui/AbstractIntegrationTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package io.kafbat.ui;
 
+import static io.kafbat.ui.util.GithubReleaseInfo.GITHUB_RELEASE_INFO_TIMEOUT;
+
 import io.kafbat.ui.container.KafkaConnectContainer;
 import io.kafbat.ui.container.KsqlDbContainer;
 import io.kafbat.ui.container.SchemaRegistryContainer;
@@ -98,6 +100,7 @@ public void initialize(@NotNull ConfigurableApplicationContext context) {
 
       System.setProperty("dynamic.config.enabled", "true");
       System.setProperty("config.related.uploads.dir", tmpDir.toString());
+      System.setProperty(GITHUB_RELEASE_INFO_TIMEOUT, String.valueOf(100));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/io/kafbat/ui/service/ApplicationInfoServiceTest.java b/api/src/test/java/io/kafbat/ui/service/ApplicationInfoServiceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64e6ed743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/test/java/io/kafbat/ui/service/ApplicationInfoServiceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package io.kafbat.ui.service;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import io.kafbat.ui.AbstractIntegrationTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+
+public class ApplicationInfoServiceTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
+  @Autowired
+  private ApplicationInfoService service;
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCustomGithubReleaseInfoTimeout() {
+    assertEquals(100, service.githubReleaseInfo().getGithubApiMaxWaitTime());
+  }
+}
diff --git a/api/src/test/java/io/kafbat/ui/util/GithubReleaseInfoTest.java b/api/src/test/java/io/kafbat/ui/util/GithubReleaseInfoTest.java
index 2f97d7a3a..8d78cedfc 100644
--- a/api/src/test/java/io/kafbat/ui/util/GithubReleaseInfoTest.java
+++ b/api/src/test/java/io/kafbat/ui/util/GithubReleaseInfoTest.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ void test() {
             """));
     var url = mockWebServer.url("repos/kafbat/kafka-ui/releases/latest").toString();
 
-    var infoHolder = new GithubReleaseInfo(url);
+    var infoHolder = new GithubReleaseInfo(url, 10);
     infoHolder.refresh().block();
 
     var i = infoHolder.get();