diff --git a/example/src/main/java/eu/webeid/example/config/ValidationConfiguration.java b/example/src/main/java/eu/webeid/example/config/ValidationConfiguration.java
index 3e36793d..0a6c1ad7 100644
--- a/example/src/main/java/eu/webeid/example/config/ValidationConfiguration.java
+++ b/example/src/main/java/eu/webeid/example/config/ValidationConfiguration.java
@@ -78,7 +78,25 @@ public ChallengeNonceGenerator generator(ChallengeNonceStore challengeNonceStore
     }
 
     @Bean
-    public X509Certificate[] loadTrustedCACertificatesFromCerFiles() {
+    public AuthTokenValidator validator(YAMLConfig yamlConfig) {
+        try {
+            return new AuthTokenValidatorBuilder()
+                .withSiteOrigin(URI.create(yamlConfig.getLocalOrigin()))
+                .withTrustedCertificateAuthorities(loadTrustedCACertificatesFromCerFiles())
+                .withTrustedCertificateAuthorities(loadTrustedCACertificatesFromTrustStore(yamlConfig))
+                .withOcspRequestTimeout(yamlConfig.getOcspRequestTimeout())
+                .build();
+        } catch (JceException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Error building the Web eID auth token validator.", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public YAMLConfig yamlConfig() {
+        return new YAMLConfig();
+    }
+
+    private X509Certificate[] loadTrustedCACertificatesFromCerFiles() {
         List<X509Certificate> caCertificates = new ArrayList<>();
 
         try {
@@ -99,8 +117,7 @@ public X509Certificate[] loadTrustedCACertificatesFromCerFiles() {
         return caCertificates.toArray(new X509Certificate[0]);
     }
 
-    @Bean
-    public X509Certificate[] loadTrustedCACertificatesFromTrustStore() {
+    private X509Certificate[] loadTrustedCACertificatesFromTrustStore(YAMLConfig yamlConfig) {
         List<X509Certificate> caCertificates = new ArrayList<>();
 
         try (InputStream is = ValidationConfiguration.class.getResourceAsStream(CERTS_RESOURCE_PATH + activeProfile + "/" + TRUSTED_CERTIFICATES_JKS)) {
@@ -109,7 +126,7 @@ public X509Certificate[] loadTrustedCACertificatesFromTrustStore() {
                 return new X509Certificate[0];
             }
             KeyStore keystore = KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.getDefaultType());
-            keystore.load(is, yamlConfig().getTrustStorePassword().toCharArray());
+            keystore.load(is, yamlConfig.getTrustStorePassword().toCharArray());
             Enumeration<String> aliases = keystore.aliases();
             while (aliases.hasMoreElements()) {
                 String alias = aliases.nextElement();
@@ -123,22 +140,6 @@ public X509Certificate[] loadTrustedCACertificatesFromTrustStore() {
         return caCertificates.toArray(new X509Certificate[0]);
     }
 
-    @Bean
-    public AuthTokenValidator validator() {
-        try {
-            return new AuthTokenValidatorBuilder()
-                    .withSiteOrigin(URI.create(yamlConfig().getLocalOrigin()))
-                    .withTrustedCertificateAuthorities(loadTrustedCACertificatesFromCerFiles())
-                    .withTrustedCertificateAuthorities(loadTrustedCACertificatesFromTrustStore())
-                    .build();
-        } catch (JceException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Error building the Web eID auth token validator.", e);
-        }
-    }
 
-    @Bean
-    public YAMLConfig yamlConfig() {
-        return new YAMLConfig();
-    }
 
 }
diff --git a/example/src/main/java/eu/webeid/example/config/YAMLConfig.java b/example/src/main/java/eu/webeid/example/config/YAMLConfig.java
index 234a8569..1c3359ae 100644
--- a/example/src/main/java/eu/webeid/example/config/YAMLConfig.java
+++ b/example/src/main/java/eu/webeid/example/config/YAMLConfig.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 package eu.webeid.example.config;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ public class YAMLConfig {
     @Value("truststore-password")
     private String trustStorePassword;
 
+    private Duration ocspRequestTimeout = Duration.ofSeconds(5L);
+
     @Value("#{new Boolean('${web-eid-auth-token.validation.use-digidoc4j-prod-configuration}'.trim())}")
     private Boolean useDigiDoc4jProdConfiguration;
 
@@ -75,4 +78,12 @@ public boolean getUseDigiDoc4jProdConfiguration() {
     public void setUseDigiDoc4jProdConfiguration(boolean useDigiDoc4jProdConfiguration) {
         this.useDigiDoc4jProdConfiguration = useDigiDoc4jProdConfiguration;
     }
+
+    public Duration getOcspRequestTimeout() {
+        return ocspRequestTimeout;
+    }
+
+    public void setOcspRequestTimeout(Duration ocspRequestTimeout) {
+        this.ocspRequestTimeout = ocspRequestTimeout;
+    }
 }