diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 57a012b..1f562fa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -126,8 +126,9 @@ wolff:send(Producers, [Msg], AckFun).
    a delay before trying to reconnect.
 
 * Connection level configs are merged into `wolff` client config, including:
-  `iconnect_timeout`, `client_id`, `extra_sock_opts`, `query_api_versions`,
-  `request_timeout`, `sasl` and `ssl`. Ref: [kpro_connection.erl](https://github.com/klarna/kafka_protocol/blob/master/src/kpro_connection.erl)
+  `connect_timeout`, `client_id`, `extra_sock_opts`, `query_api_versions`,
+  `request_timeout`, `sasl` and `ssl`.
+  Ref: [kpro_connection.erl](https://github.com/klarna/kafka_protocol/blob/master/src/kpro_connection.erl)
 
 ## Producer Config
 
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index a88c051..901d81d 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     Since 1.7.0, there there is a better integration for metrics.
   - For supervised producers, use a global ets table (named `wolff_producers_global`) to store producer workers.
     This should avoid having to create an atom for each supervised topic producer.
+  - Respect `request_timeout` in connection config when fetching metadta.
 
 * 1.8.0
   - Add wolff:check_if_topic_exists/2 for checking if a topic exists making use of an existing client process. [#52](https://github.com/kafka4beam/wolff/pull/52)
diff --git a/src/wolff_client.erl b/src/wolff_client.erl
index dda8143..ae35bc0 100644
--- a/src/wolff_client.erl
+++ b/src/wolff_client.erl
@@ -400,7 +400,8 @@ get_metadata([Host | Rest], ConnConfig, Topic, Errors) ->
       try
         {ok, Vsns} = kpro:get_api_versions(Pid),
         {_, Vsn} = maps:get(metadata, Vsns),
-        do_get_metadata(Vsn, Pid, Topic)
+        Timeout = maps:get(request_timeout, ConnConfig, ?DEFAULT_METADATA_TIMEOUT),
+        do_get_metadata(Vsn, Pid, Topic, Timeout)
       after
         _ = close_connection(Pid)
       end;
@@ -409,8 +410,11 @@ get_metadata([Host | Rest], ConnConfig, Topic, Errors) ->
   end.
 
 do_get_metadata(Vsn, Connection, Topic) ->
+    do_get_metadata(Vsn, Connection, Topic, ?DEFAULT_METADATA_TIMEOUT).
+
+do_get_metadata(Vsn, Connection, Topic, Timeout) ->
   Req = kpro_req_lib:metadata(Vsn, [Topic], _IsAutoCreateAllowed = false),
-  case kpro:request_sync(Connection, Req, ?DEFAULT_METADATA_TIMEOUT) of
+  case kpro:request_sync(Connection, Req, Timeout) of
     {ok, #kpro_rsp{msg = Meta}} ->
       BrokersMeta = kpro:find(brokers, Meta),
       Brokers = [parse_broker_meta(M) || M <- BrokersMeta],