diff --git a/autogen/oai/bedrock.py b/autogen/oai/bedrock.py
index a07073eef299..2de3fecd8b1a 100644
--- a/autogen/oai/bedrock.py
+++ b/autogen/oai/bedrock.py
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any):
         self._aws_session_token = kwargs.get("aws_session_token", None)
         self._aws_region = kwargs.get("aws_region", None)
         self._aws_profile_name = kwargs.get("aws_profile_name", None)
+        self._aws_read_timeout = kwargs.get("aws_read_timeout", 60)
+        self._aws_connect_timeout = kwargs.get("aws_connect_timeout", 60)
 
         if not self._aws_access_key:
             self._aws_access_key = os.getenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID")
@@ -77,6 +79,8 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any):
             region_name=self._aws_region,
             signature_version="v4",
             retries={"max_attempts": self._retries, "mode": "standard"},
+            read_timeout=self._aws_read_timeout,
+            connect_timeout=self._aws_connect_timeout,
         )
 
         session = boto3.Session(
diff --git a/notebook/agentchat_nested_chats_chess_altmodels.ipynb b/notebook/agentchat_nested_chats_chess_altmodels.ipynb
index 8980a87e8818..a50849cffc24 100644
--- a/notebook/agentchat_nested_chats_chess_altmodels.ipynb
+++ b/notebook/agentchat_nested_chats_chess_altmodels.ipynb
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
     "    move: Annotated[\n",
     "        str,\n",
     "        \"Call this tool to make a move after you have the list of legal moves and want to make a move. Takes UCI format, e.g. e2e4 or e7e5 or e7e8q.\",\n",
-    "    ]\n",
+    "    ],\n",
     ") -> Annotated[str, \"Result of the move.\"]:\n",
     "    move = chess.Move.from_uci(move)\n",
     "    board.push_uci(str(move))\n",
diff --git a/test/oai/test_bedrock.py b/test/oai/test_bedrock.py
index 42502acf691c..5fb78ca68285 100644
--- a/test/oai/test_bedrock.py
+++ b/test/oai/test_bedrock.py
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ def test_parsing_params(bedrock_client):
         # "aws_secret_access_key": "test_secret_access_key",
         # "aws_session_token": "test_session_token",
         # "aws_profile_name": "test_profile_name",
+        # "aws_read_timeout": 120,
+        # "aws_connect_timeout: 30,
         "model": "anthropic.claude-3-sonnet-20240229-v1:0",
         "temperature": 0.8,
         "topP": 0.6,
diff --git a/website/docs/topics/non-openai-models/cloud-bedrock.ipynb b/website/docs/topics/non-openai-models/cloud-bedrock.ipynb
index 422598dd2fe1..3246dccbbfc0 100644
--- a/website/docs/topics/non-openai-models/cloud-bedrock.ipynb
+++ b/website/docs/topics/non-openai-models/cloud-bedrock.ipynb
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
     "- aws_secret_key (or environment variable: AWS_SECRET_KEY)\n",
     "- aws_session_token (or environment variable: AWS_SESSION_TOKEN)\n",
     "- aws_profile_name\n",
+    "- aws_read_timeout (int or float having default value of 60 seconds)\n",
+    "- aws_connect_timeout (int or float having default value of 60 seconds)\n",
     "\n",
     "Beyond the authentication credentials, the only mandatory parameters are `api_type` and `model`.\n",
     "\n",
@@ -99,6 +101,8 @@
     "        \"aws_secret_key\": \"\",\n",
     "        \"aws_session_token\": \"\",\n",
     "        \"aws_profile_name\": \"\",\n",
+    "        \"aws_read_timeout\": 120,\n",
+    "        \"aws_connect_timeout\": 30,\n",
     "    },\n",
     "    {\n",
     "        \"api_type\": \"bedrock\",\n",