diff --git a/DESCRIPTION.md b/DESCRIPTION.md
index 773f937a7..7c347f22c 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION.md
+++ b/DESCRIPTION.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Source code is also available at: https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowflake-conne
 - v3.12.1(TBD)
   - Fixed a bug that session token is logged when renewing session.
   - Fixed a bug that disabling client telemetry does not work.
+  - Fixed a bug where `login_timeout` when passed as string raised `TypeError` during login retry step.
   - Use `pathlib` instead of `os` for default config file location resolution.
   - Removed upper `cryptogaphy` version pin.
   - Removed reference to script `snowflake-export-certs` (its backing module was already removed long ago)
diff --git a/src/snowflake/connector/auth/_auth.py b/src/snowflake/connector/auth/_auth.py
index be60a2ce5..b8aa8f485 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/connector/auth/_auth.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/connector/auth/_auth.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def authenticate(
             self._rest._connection._internal_application_name,
             self._rest._connection._internal_application_version,
             self._rest._connection._ocsp_mode(),
-            self._rest._connection._login_timeout,
+            self._rest._connection.login_timeout,
             self._rest._connection._network_timeout,
             self._rest._connection._socket_timeout,
         )
diff --git a/src/snowflake/connector/auth/okta.py b/src/snowflake/connector/auth/okta.py
index 0b8742781..28452e313 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/connector/auth/okta.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/connector/auth/okta.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def _step1(
             conn._internal_application_name,
             conn._internal_application_version,
             conn._ocsp_mode(),
-            conn._login_timeout,
+            conn.login_timeout,
             conn._network_timeout,
         )
 
diff --git a/src/snowflake/connector/auth/webbrowser.py b/src/snowflake/connector/auth/webbrowser.py
index 41f9f323c..b42fa9596 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/connector/auth/webbrowser.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/connector/auth/webbrowser.py
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ def _get_sso_url(
             conn._rest._connection._internal_application_name,
             conn._rest._connection._internal_application_version,
             conn._rest._connection._ocsp_mode(),
-            conn._rest._connection._login_timeout,
+            conn._rest._connection.login_timeout,
             conn._rest._connection._network_timeout,
         )
 
diff --git a/src/snowflake/connector/connection.py b/src/snowflake/connector/connection.py
index 8b1c1f939..eb8f85304 100644
--- a/src/snowflake/connector/connection.py
+++ b/src/snowflake/connector/connection.py
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ def __open_connection(self):
             elif self._authenticator == DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATOR:
                 self.auth_class = AuthByDefault(
                     password=self._password,
-                    timeout=self._login_timeout,
+                    timeout=self.login_timeout,
                     backoff_generator=self._backoff_generator,
                 )
             elif self._authenticator == EXTERNAL_BROWSER_AUTHENTICATOR:
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ def __open_connection(self):
                         protocol=self._protocol,
                         host=self.host,
                         port=self.port,
-                        timeout=self._login_timeout,
+                        timeout=self.login_timeout,
                         backoff_generator=self._backoff_generator,
                     )
                 else:
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ def __open_connection(self):
                         protocol=self._protocol,
                         host=self.host,
                         port=self.port,
-                        timeout=self._login_timeout,
+                        timeout=self.login_timeout,
                         backoff_generator=self._backoff_generator,
                     )
 
@@ -1063,13 +1063,13 @@ def __open_connection(self):
 
                 self.auth_class = AuthByKeyPair(
                     private_key=private_key,
-                    timeout=self._login_timeout,
+                    timeout=self.login_timeout,
                     backoff_generator=self._backoff_generator,
                 )
             elif self._authenticator == OAUTH_AUTHENTICATOR:
                 self.auth_class = AuthByOAuth(
                     oauth_token=self._token,
-                    timeout=self._login_timeout,
+                    timeout=self.login_timeout,
                     backoff_generator=self._backoff_generator,
                 )
             elif self._authenticator == USR_PWD_MFA_AUTHENTICATOR:
@@ -1085,14 +1085,14 @@ def __open_connection(self):
                 self.auth_class = AuthByUsrPwdMfa(
                     password=self._password,
                     mfa_token=self.rest.mfa_token,
-                    timeout=self._login_timeout,
+                    timeout=self.login_timeout,
                     backoff_generator=self._backoff_generator,
                 )
             else:
                 # okta URL, e.g., https://<account>.okta.com/
                 self.auth_class = AuthByOkta(
                     application=self.application,
-                    timeout=self._login_timeout,
+                    timeout=self.login_timeout,
                     backoff_generator=self._backoff_generator,
                 )
 
diff --git a/test/integ/test_connection.py b/test/integ/test_connection.py
index d52a48c18..4891a6fc5 100644
--- a/test/integ/test_connection.py
+++ b/test/integ/test_connection.py
@@ -279,6 +279,25 @@ def test_bad_db(db_parameters):
     cnx.close()
 
 
+def test_with_string_login_timeout(db_parameters):
+    """Test that login_timeout when passed as string does not raise TypeError.
+
+    In this test, we pass bad login credentials to raise error and trigger login
+    timeout calculation. We expect to see DatabaseError instead of TypeError that
+    comes from str - int arithmetic.
+    """
+    with pytest.raises(DatabaseError):
+        snowflake.connector.connect(
+            protocol="http",
+            user="bogus",
+            password="bogus",
+            host=db_parameters["host"],
+            port=db_parameters["port"],
+            account=db_parameters["account"],
+            login_timeout="5",
+        )
+
+
 def test_bogus(db_parameters):
     """Attempts to login with invalid user name and password.