diff --git a/apps/xosclient/BUCK b/apps/xosclient/BUCK
index 406b0a0..b403541 100644
--- a/apps/xosclient/BUCK
+++ b/apps/xosclient/BUCK
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     '//lib:openstack4j-core',
     '//lib:openstack4j-http-connector',
     '//lib:openstack4j-httpclient',
+    '//lib:jersey-client',
 ]
 
 osgi_jar_with_tests (
diff --git a/apps/xosclient/pom.xml b/apps/xosclient/pom.xml
index 5ab5c59..acb4f72 100644
--- a/apps/xosclient/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/xosclient/pom.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.glassfish.jersey.core</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jersey-client</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.pacesys</groupId>
             <artifactId>openstack4j-core</artifactId>
             <version>2.11</version>
diff --git a/apps/xosclient/src/main/java/org/onosproject/xosclient/impl/XosApi.java b/apps/xosclient/src/main/java/org/onosproject/xosclient/impl/XosApi.java
index 4a9ec09..47738e7 100644
--- a/apps/xosclient/src/main/java/org/onosproject/xosclient/impl/XosApi.java
+++ b/apps/xosclient/src/main/java/org/onosproject/xosclient/impl/XosApi.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.onosproject.xosclient.impl;
 
+import org.glassfish.jersey.client.ClientProperties;
 import org.onosproject.xosclient.api.XosAccess;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@
     protected final XosAccess access;
     protected final Client client;
 
+    private static final int DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS = 2000;
+
     /**
      * Default constructor.
      *
@@ -52,6 +55,9 @@
         this.baseUrl = baseUrl;
         this.access = xosAccess;
         this.client = ClientBuilder.newClient();
+
+        client.property(ClientProperties.CONNECT_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS);
+        client.property(ClientProperties.READ_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_MS);
     }
 
     /**