diff --git a/src/connector/src/with_options.rs b/src/connector/src/with_options.rs
index c3dc1c0136920..e5e3e452a8a84 100644
--- a/src/connector/src/with_options.rs
+++ b/src/connector/src/with_options.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashMap};
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 use risingwave_pb::secret::PbSecretRef;
 
@@ -115,6 +116,14 @@ pub trait WithPropertiesExt: Get + Sized {
         connector == MYSQL_CDC_CONNECTOR
     }
 
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn get_sync_call_timeout(&self) -> Option<Duration> {
+        const SYNC_CALL_TIMEOUT_KEY: &str = "properties.sync.call.timeout"; // only from kafka props, add more if needed
+        self.get(SYNC_CALL_TIMEOUT_KEY)
+            // ignore the error is ok here, because we will parse the field again when building the properties and has more precise error message
+            .and_then(|s| duration_str::parse_std(s).ok())
+    }
+
     #[inline(always)]
     fn is_cdc_connector(&self) -> bool {
         let Some(connector) = self.get_connector() else {
diff --git a/src/meta/src/stream/source_manager/worker.rs b/src/meta/src/stream/source_manager/worker.rs
index 18549e869e9bd..8bf985f0e40f8 100644
--- a/src/meta/src/stream/source_manager/worker.rs
+++ b/src/meta/src/stream/source_manager/worker.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+use risingwave_connector::WithPropertiesExt;
 #[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
 use risingwave_connector::error::ConnectorError;
 use risingwave_connector::source::AnySplitEnumerator;
@@ -97,6 +98,10 @@ pub async fn create_source_worker(
     let enable_scale_in = connector_properties.enable_drop_split();
     let enable_adaptive_splits = connector_properties.enable_adaptive_splits();
     let (command_tx, command_rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::unbounded_channel();
+    let sync_call_timeout = source
+        .with_properties
+        .get_sync_call_timeout()
+        .unwrap_or(DEFAULT_SOURCE_TICK_TIMEOUT);
     let handle = {
         let mut worker = ConnectorSourceWorker::create(
             source,
@@ -108,12 +113,8 @@ pub async fn create_source_worker(
         .await?;
 
         // if fail to fetch meta info, will refuse to create source
-
-        // todo: make the timeout configurable, longer than `properties.sync.call.timeout`
-        // in kafka
-        tokio::time::timeout(DEFAULT_SOURCE_TICK_TIMEOUT, worker.tick())
+        tokio::time::timeout(sync_call_timeout, worker.tick())
             .await
-            .ok()
             .with_context(|| {
                 format!(
                     "failed to fetch meta info for source {}, timeout {:?}",