diff --git a/insrequester/requester.go b/insrequester/requester.go
index 8831e64..4163460 100644
--- a/insrequester/requester.go
+++ b/insrequester/requester.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/slok/goresilience/circuitbreaker"
 	goresilienceErrors "github.com/slok/goresilience/errors"
 	"github.com/slok/goresilience/retry"
-	resilienceTimeout "github.com/slok/goresilience/timeout"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -102,9 +101,9 @@ func (r *Request) sendRequest(httpMethod string, re RequestEntity) (*http.Respon
 		re.Headers = append(r.headers, re.Headers...) // RequestEntity headers will override Requester level headers.
 		re.applyHeadersToRequest(req)
 
-		res, outerErr = (&http.Client{Timeout: time.Duration(r.timeout) * time.Second}).Do(req)
+		res, outerErr = (&http.Client{Timeout: r.timeout}).Do(req)
 		if outerErr != nil {
-			return nil
+			return ErrRetryable
 		}
 
 		if res.StatusCode >= 100 && res.StatusCode < 200 ||
@@ -194,11 +193,6 @@ func (r *Request) WithTimeout(timeout time.Duration) *Request {
 		r.timeout = timeout
 	}
 
-	mw := resilienceTimeout.NewMiddleware(resilienceTimeout.Config{
-		Timeout: r.timeout,
-	})
-	r.middlewares = append(r.middlewares, mw)
-
 	return r
 }
 
diff --git a/insrequester/requester_test.go b/insrequester/requester_test.go
index d9ebbbf..f826c88 100644
--- a/insrequester/requester_test.go
+++ b/insrequester/requester_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func TestRequest_Get(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, res.StatusCode)
 	})
 
-	t.Run("it_should_load_retrier_properly", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("it_should_retry_on_internal_server_error", func(t *testing.T) {
 		retryTimes := 0
 		handler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			retryTimes++
@@ -46,6 +46,32 @@ func TestRequest_Get(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, 4, retryTimes)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("it_should_retry_on_timeout", func(t *testing.T) {
+		retryTimes := 0
+		handler := http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			retryTimes++
+			time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		})
+
+		server := httptest.NewServer(handler)
+		defer server.Close()
+
+		r := NewRequester().
+			WithTimeout(1 * time.Millisecond).
+			WithRetry(RetryConfig{
+				WaitBase: 20 * time.Millisecond,
+				Times:    3,
+			}).Load()
+
+		req := RequestEntity{
+			Endpoint: server.URL,
+		}
+		_, _ = r.Get(req)
+
+		assert.Equal(t, 4, retryTimes)
+	})
+
 	t.Run("it_should_load_circuit_breaker_properly", func(t *testing.T) {
 		ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)