diff --git a/compose-files/provider.yml b/compose-files/provider.yml
index 6c226a3..be5ac74 100644
--- a/compose-files/provider.yml
+++ b/compose-files/provider.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ services:
       OPERATOR_SERVICE_URL: ${OPERATOR_SERVICE_URL}
       AQUARIUS_URL: ${AQUARIUS_URL:-http://172.15.0.5:5000}
       ARWEAVE_GATEWAY: https://arweave.net/
+      REQUEST_TIMEOUT: ${REQUEST_TIMEOUT:-10}
     volumes:
     - ${OCEAN_ARTIFACTS_FOLDER}:/ocean-contracts/artifacts/
     - provider1db:/ocean-provider/db/
diff --git a/compose-files/provider2.yml b/compose-files/provider2.yml
index 4326e5c..e9fe68a 100644
--- a/compose-files/provider2.yml
+++ b/compose-files/provider2.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ services:
       OPERATOR_SERVICE_URL: ${OPERATOR_SERVICE_URL}
       AQUARIUS_URL: ${AQUARIUS_URL:-http://172.15.0.5:5000}
       ARWEAVE_GATEWAY: https://arweave.net/
+      REQUEST_TIMEOUT: ${REQUEST_TIMEOUT:-10}
     volumes:
     - ${OCEAN_ARTIFACTS_FOLDER}:/ocean-contracts/artifacts/
     - provider2db:/ocean-provider/db/
diff --git a/start_ocean.sh b/start_ocean.sh
index 3e573f6..0ea1f28 100755
--- a/start_ocean.sh
+++ b/start_ocean.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ COMPOSE_DIR="${DIR}/compose-files"
 
 export AQUARIUS_VERSION=${AQUARIUS_VERSION:-v5.1.0}
 export ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION=${ELASTICSEARCH_VERSION:-8.5.1}
-export PROVIDER_VERSION=${PROVIDER_VERSION:-v2.0.0}
+export PROVIDER_VERSION=${PROVIDER_VERSION:-v2.0.1}
 export SUBGRAPH_VERSION=${SUBGRAPH_VERSION:-v3.0.0}
 export CONTRACTS_VERSION=${CONTRACTS_VERSION:-v1.1.8}
 export RBAC_VERSION=${RBAC_VERSION:-next}
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ CHECK_ELASTIC_VM_COUNT=true
 export IPFS_GATEWAY=http://172.15.0.16:5001
 export IPFS_HTTP_GATEWAY=http://172.15.0.16:8080/ipfs/
 #Provider
+export REQUEST_TIMEOUT=10
 export PROVIDER_WORKERS=10
 export PROVIDER_IPFS_GATEWAY=https://gateway.ipfs.io/
 export PROVIDER_PRIVATE_KEY=0xfd5c1ccea015b6d663618850824154a3b3fb2882c46cefb05b9a93fea8c3d215