diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/config/CloudSourceConfig.java b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/config/CloudSourceConfig.java
index 81533d940a8cb..54be9cabef92a 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/config/CloudSourceConfig.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/config/CloudSourceConfig.java
@@ -147,12 +147,12 @@ public class CloudSourceConfig extends HoodieConfig {
       .sinceVersion("0.14.1")
       .withDocumentation("specify this value in bytes, to coalesce partitions of source dataset not greater than specified limit");
 
-  public static final ConfigProperty<Integer> MAX_FETCH_TIME_PER_SYNC_MS = ConfigProperty
-      .key(STREAMER_CONFIG_PREFIX + "source.cloud.meta.max.fetch.time.per.sync.ms")
-      .defaultValue(1)
+  public static final ConfigProperty<Integer> MAX_FETCH_TIME_PER_SYNC_SECS = ConfigProperty
+      .key(STREAMER_CONFIG_PREFIX + "source.cloud.meta.max.fetch.time.per.sync.secs")
+      .defaultValue(60)
       .markAdvanced()
       .sinceVersion("0.14.1")
-      .withDocumentation("Max time in millis to consume " + MAX_NUM_MESSAGES_PER_SYNC.key() + " messages from cloud queue. Cloud event queues like SQS, "
+      .withDocumentation("Max time in secs to consume " + MAX_NUM_MESSAGES_PER_SYNC.key() + " messages from cloud queue. Cloud event queues like SQS, "
           + "PubSub can return empty responses even when messages are available the queue, this config ensures we don't wait forever "
           + "to consume MAX_MESSAGES_CONF messages, but time out and move on further.");
 }
diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/GcsEventsSource.java b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/GcsEventsSource.java
index 897771168edfe..fdd3c8f49f322 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/GcsEventsSource.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/GcsEventsSource.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 import static org.apache.hudi.common.util.ConfigUtils.getStringWithAltKeys;
 import static org.apache.hudi.utilities.config.CloudSourceConfig.ACK_MESSAGES;
 import static org.apache.hudi.utilities.config.CloudSourceConfig.BATCH_SIZE_CONF;
-import static org.apache.hudi.utilities.config.CloudSourceConfig.MAX_FETCH_TIME_PER_SYNC_MS;
+import static org.apache.hudi.utilities.config.CloudSourceConfig.MAX_FETCH_TIME_PER_SYNC_SECS;
 import static org.apache.hudi.utilities.config.CloudSourceConfig.MAX_NUM_MESSAGES_PER_SYNC;
 import static org.apache.hudi.utilities.config.GCSEventsSourceConfig.GOOGLE_PROJECT_ID;
 import static org.apache.hudi.utilities.config.GCSEventsSourceConfig.PUBSUB_SUBSCRIPTION_ID;
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public GcsEventsSource(TypedProperties props, JavaSparkContext jsc, SparkSession
                 getStringWithAltKeys(props, PUBSUB_SUBSCRIPTION_ID),
                 getIntWithAltKeys(props, BATCH_SIZE_CONF),
                 getIntWithAltKeys(props, MAX_NUM_MESSAGES_PER_SYNC),
-                getIntWithAltKeys(props, MAX_FETCH_TIME_PER_SYNC_MS))
+                getIntWithAltKeys(props, MAX_FETCH_TIME_PER_SYNC_SECS))
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/helpers/gcs/PubsubMessagesFetcher.java b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/helpers/gcs/PubsubMessagesFetcher.java
index 3b574045d7aa3..506e312608ddf 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/helpers/gcs/PubsubMessagesFetcher.java
+++ b/hudi-utilities/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/utilities/sources/helpers/gcs/PubsubMessagesFetcher.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class PubsubMessagesFetcher {
 
   private final int batchSize;
   private final int maxMessagesPerSync;
-  private final long maxFetchTimePerSync;
+  private final long maxFetchTimePerSyncSecs;
   private final SubscriberStubSettings subscriberStubSettings;
   private final PubsubQueueClient pubsubQueueClient;
 
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ public class PubsubMessagesFetcher {
 
   public PubsubMessagesFetcher(String googleProjectId, String pubsubSubscriptionId, int batchSize,
                                int maxMessagesPerSync,
-                               long maxFetchTimePerSync,
+                               long maxFetchTimePerSyncSecs,
                                PubsubQueueClient pubsubQueueClient) {
     this.googleProjectId = googleProjectId;
     this.pubsubSubscriptionId = pubsubSubscriptionId;
     this.batchSize = batchSize;
     this.maxMessagesPerSync = maxMessagesPerSync;
-    this.maxFetchTimePerSync = maxFetchTimePerSync;
+    this.maxFetchTimePerSyncSecs = maxFetchTimePerSyncSecs;
 
     try {
       /** For details of timeout and retry configs,
@@ -94,13 +94,13 @@ public PubsubMessagesFetcher(
       String pubsubSubscriptionId,
       int batchSize,
       int maxMessagesPerSync,
-      long maxFetchTimePerSync) {
+      long maxFetchTimePerSyncSecs) {
     this(
         googleProjectId,
         pubsubSubscriptionId,
         batchSize,
         maxMessagesPerSync,
-        maxFetchTimePerSync,
+        maxFetchTimePerSyncSecs,
         new PubsubQueueClient()
     );
   }
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ public List<ReceivedMessage> fetchMessages() {
       long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
       long unAckedMessages = pubsubQueueClient.getNumUnAckedMessages(this.pubsubSubscriptionId);
       LOG.info("Found unacked messages " + unAckedMessages);
-      while (messageList.size() < unAckedMessages && messageList.size() < maxMessagesPerSync && (System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime < maxFetchTimePerSync)) {
+      while (messageList.size() < unAckedMessages && messageList.size() < maxMessagesPerSync
+          && ((System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime) < (maxFetchTimePerSyncSecs * 1000))) {
         PullResponse pullResponse = pubsubQueueClient.makePullRequest(subscriber, subscriptionName, batchSize);
         messageList.addAll(pullResponse.getReceivedMessagesList());
       }