diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/pom.xml b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/pom.xml
index 6aa8be365c..0ea3fd6840 100644
--- a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-webflux</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.springfox</groupId>
             <artifactId>springfox-swagger2</artifactId>
@@ -29,6 +33,19 @@
             <artifactId>springfox-swagger-ui</artifactId>
             <version>${swagger2.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+            <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.github.resilience4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>resilience4j-timelimiter</artifactId>
+            <version>1.6.1</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/requesttimeout/RequestTimeoutRestController.java b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/requesttimeout/RequestTimeoutRestController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d425737bab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/requesttimeout/RequestTimeoutRestController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package com.baeldung.requesttimeout;
+
+import com.baeldung.requesttimeout.domain.Book;
+import com.baeldung.requesttimeout.domain.BookRepository;
+import io.github.resilience4j.timelimiter.TimeLimiter;
+import io.github.resilience4j.timelimiter.TimeLimiterConfig;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClient;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+
+@RestController
+public class RequestTimeoutRestController {
+
+    private final BookRepository bookRepository;
+    private final WebClient webClient;
+
+    public RequestTimeoutRestController(BookRepository bookRepository, WebClient webClient) {
+        this.bookRepository = bookRepository;
+        this.webClient = webClient;
+    }
+
+    @GetMapping("/author/transactional")
+    @Transactional(timeout = 1)
+    public String getWithTransactionTimeout(@RequestParam String title) {
+        return getAuthor(title);
+    }
+
+    private final TimeLimiter ourTimeLimiter = TimeLimiter.of(TimeLimiterConfig.custom().timeoutDuration(Duration.ofMillis(500)).build());
+    @GetMapping("/author/resilience4j")
+    public Callable<String> getWithResilience4jTimeLimiter(@RequestParam String title) {
+        return TimeLimiter.decorateFutureSupplier(ourTimeLimiter, () -> CompletableFuture.supplyAsync(() -> getAuthor(title)));
+    }
+
+    @GetMapping("/author/mvc-request-timeout")
+    public Callable<String> getWithMvcRequestTimeout(@RequestParam String title) {
+        return () -> getAuthor(title);
+    }
+
+    @GetMapping("/author/webclient")
+    public String getWithWebClient(@RequestParam String title) {
+        return webClient.get()
+          .uri(uriBuilder -> uriBuilder
+            .path("/author/transactional")
+            .queryParam("title", title)
+            .build())
+          .retrieve()
+          .bodyToMono(String.class)
+          .block();
+    }
+
+    private String getAuthor(String title) {
+        bookRepository.wasteTime();
+        return bookRepository.findById(title).map(Book::getAuthor).orElse("No book found for this title.");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/requesttimeout/configuration/WebClientConfiguration.java b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/requesttimeout/configuration/WebClientConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..52b3573411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/requesttimeout/configuration/WebClientConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package com.baeldung.requesttimeout.configuration;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.http.client.reactive.ReactorClientHttpConnector;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClient;
+import reactor.netty.http.client.HttpClient;
+
+import java.time.Duration;
+
+@Configuration
+public class WebClientConfiguration {
+
+    @Bean
+    public WebClient webClient() {
+        return WebClient.builder()
+          .baseUrl("http://localhost:8080")
+          .clientConnector(new ReactorClientHttpConnector(HttpClient.create().responseTimeout(Duration.ofMillis(250))))
+          .build();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/requesttimeout/domain/Book.java b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/requesttimeout/domain/Book.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..846bfb2cec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/requesttimeout/domain/Book.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.baeldung.requesttimeout.domain;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+
+@Entity
+public class Book {
+
+    @Id
+    private String title;
+    private String author;
+
+    public void setTitle(String title) {
+        this.title = title;
+    }
+
+    public String getTitle() {
+        return title;
+    }
+
+    public String getAuthor() {
+        return author;
+    }
+
+    public void setAuthor(String author) {
+        this.author = author;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/requesttimeout/domain/BookRepository.java b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/requesttimeout/domain/BookRepository.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ecab0f1d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/requesttimeout/domain/BookRepository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.baeldung.requesttimeout.domain;
+
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
+
+public interface BookRepository extends JpaRepository<Book, String> {
+
+    default int wasteTime() {
+        int i = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
+        while(i < Integer.MAX_VALUE) {
+            i++;
+        }
+        return i;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff4af943ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+spring.mvc.async.request-timeout=750
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/src/test/com/baeldung/requesttimeout/RequestTimeoutUnitTest.java b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/src/test/com/baeldung/requesttimeout/RequestTimeoutUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da7d40d53c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/src/test/com/baeldung/requesttimeout/RequestTimeoutUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package com.baeldung.requesttimeout;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringRunner;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClient;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClientRequestException;
+
+@SpringBootTest
+@RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
+public class RequestTimeoutTests {
+
+    private static final WebClient WEB_CLIENT = WebClient.builder().baseUrl("http://localhost:8080").build();
+
+    @Test(expected = WebClientRequestException.class)
+    public void givenTransactionTimeout_whenTimeExpires_thenReceiveException() {
+        getAuthor("transactional");
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = WebClientRequestException.class)
+    public void givenResilience4jTimeLimiter_whenTimeExpires_thenReceiveException() {
+        getAuthor("resilience4j");
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = WebClientRequestException.class)
+    public void givenMvcRequestTimeout_whenTimeExpires_thenReceiveException() {
+        getAuthor("mvc-request-timeout");
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = WebClientRequestException.class)
+    public void givenWebClientTimeout_whenTimeExpires_thenReceiveException() {
+        getAuthor("webclient");
+    }
+
+    private void getAuthor(String authorPath) {
+        WEB_CLIENT.get()
+          .uri(uriBuilder -> uriBuilder
+             .path("/author/" + authorPath)
+             .queryParam("title", "title")
+             .build())
+          .retrieve()
+          .bodyToMono(String.class)
+          .block();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/src/test/resources/application.properties b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/src/test/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff4af943ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-web-modules/spring-rest-http-2/src/test/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+spring.mvc.async.request-timeout=750
\ No newline at end of file