diff --git a/examples/build.gradle b/examples/build.gradle
index 123b5ad..454b252 100644
--- a/examples/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/build.gradle
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ dependencies {
     testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.12'
     compile 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.11.0'
     compile 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.11.0'
-    compile group: 'com.socketlabs', name: 'injectionApi', version: '1.1.0'
+    compile group: 'com.socketlabs', name: 'injectionApi', version: '1.1.1'
 }
diff --git a/injectionApi/build.gradle b/injectionApi/build.gradle
index 7d9dd7e..24597cf 100644
--- a/injectionApi/build.gradle
+++ b/injectionApi/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ plugins {
 def baseGroupId = "com.socketlabs"
 def baseArtifactId = 'injectionApi'
 def computeVersion() {
-    def baseVersion = "1.1.0"
+    def baseVersion = "1.1.1"
     def release = true
     if (release)
         return "${baseVersion}"
diff --git a/injectionApi/pom.xml b/injectionApi/pom.xml
index 2cbc27b..607e84a 100644
--- a/injectionApi/pom.xml
+++ b/injectionApi/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>com.socketlabs</groupId>
   <artifactId>injectionApi</artifactId>
-  <version>1.1.0</version>
+  <version>1.1.1</version>
   <name>socketlabs-java</name>
   <description>SocketLabs Email Delivery Java library</description>
   <url>https://github.com/socketlabs/socketlabs-java/</url>
diff --git a/injectionApi/src/main/java/com/socketLabs/injectionApi/SocketLabsClient.java b/injectionApi/src/main/java/com/socketLabs/injectionApi/SocketLabsClient.java
index 608b262..397dc9c 100644
--- a/injectionApi/src/main/java/com/socketLabs/injectionApi/SocketLabsClient.java
+++ b/injectionApi/src/main/java/com/socketLabs/injectionApi/SocketLabsClient.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ public class SocketLabsClient implements SocketLabsClientAPI {
     private String apiKey;
     private String endPointUrl = "https://inject.socketlabs.com/api/v1/email";
     private Proxy proxy;
+    private int requestTimeout = 100;
 
     /**
      * Set the SocketLabs Injection API endpoint Url
@@ -24,6 +25,12 @@ public void setEndPointUrl(String value) {
         this.endPointUrl = value;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set the Timeout period used by the HttpClient (in seconds)
+     * @param value int
+     */
+    public void setRequestTimeout(int value) { this.requestTimeout = value; }
+
     private final String VERSION = "1.0.0";
     private final String userAgent  = String.format("SocketLabs-java/%s(%s)", VERSION, Package.getPackage("java.util").getImplementationVersion());
 
@@ -36,6 +43,7 @@ public SocketLabsClient(int serverId, String apiKey) {
         this.serverId = serverId;
         this.apiKey = apiKey;
     }
+
     /**
      *
      * Creates a new instance of the SocketLabsClient.
@@ -159,7 +167,7 @@ private SendResponse Validate(BulkMessage message) {
 
     private HttpRequest buildHttpRequest(Proxy optionalProxy) {
 
-        HttpRequest request = new HttpRequest(HttpRequest.HttpRequestMethod.POST, this.endPointUrl);
+        HttpRequest request = new HttpRequest(HttpRequest.HttpRequestMethod.POST, this.endPointUrl, this.requestTimeout);
 
         request.setHeader("User-Agent", this.userAgent);
         request.setHeader("content-type", "application/json");
diff --git a/injectionApi/src/main/java/com/socketLabs/injectionApi/core/HttpRequest.java b/injectionApi/src/main/java/com/socketLabs/injectionApi/core/HttpRequest.java
index d1f4329..b4c995f 100644
--- a/injectionApi/src/main/java/com/socketLabs/injectionApi/core/HttpRequest.java
+++ b/injectionApi/src/main/java/com/socketLabs/injectionApi/core/HttpRequest.java
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
 import okhttp3.*;
 import okhttp3.Request.Builder;
 
+
 import java.io.*;
 import java.net.Proxy;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -35,15 +37,18 @@ public enum HttpRequestMethod {
     private Proxy proxy;
     /** The headers to add to the HTTP Request */
     private Map<String, String> headers = new HashMap<>();
+    private int timeout;
+
 
     /**
      * Creates a new instance of the HTTP Request class
      * @param method HTTpRequestMethod
      * @param endPointUrl String
      */
-    public HttpRequest(HttpRequestMethod method, String endPointUrl) {
+    public HttpRequest(HttpRequestMethod method, String endPointUrl, int timeout) {
         this.method = method;
         this.endPointUrl = endPointUrl;
+        this.timeout = timeout;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -114,16 +119,23 @@ public void onFailure(Call call, IOException ex) {
 
     }
 
+
     /**
      * Build the HTTP Client call
      * @return Call
      */
     private Call BuildClientCall() {
 
-        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
+        OkHttpClient.Builder clientBuilder = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
+                .connectTimeout(this.timeout, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+                .writeTimeout(this.timeout, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+                .readTimeout(this.timeout, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+                .callTimeout(this.timeout, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+
+        OkHttpClient client = clientBuilder.build();
 
         if (this.proxy != null)
-            client = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
+            client = clientBuilder
                     .proxy(this.proxy)
                     .build();