diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/zuul/TraceZuulIntegrationTests.java b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/zuul/TraceZuulIntegrationTests.java
index 7de79b9a1..c7810c18d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/zuul/TraceZuulIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/instrument/zuul/TraceZuulIntegrationTests.java
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 
+import com.netflix.loadbalancer.Server;
+import com.netflix.loadbalancer.ServerList;
+import com.netflix.zuul.context.RequestContext;
+
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -36,6 +40,7 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpResponse;
+import org.springframework.http.client.HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory;
 import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 import org.springframework.test.context.web.WebAppConfiguration;
@@ -44,10 +49,6 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 import org.springframework.web.client.DefaultResponseErrorHandler;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 
-import com.netflix.loadbalancer.Server;
-import com.netflix.loadbalancer.ServerList;
-import com.netflix.zuul.context.RequestContext;
-
 import static org.springframework.cloud.sleuth.assertions.SleuthAssertions.then;
 
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@@ -154,7 +155,9 @@ class SampleZuulProxyApplication {
 	}
 
 	@Bean RestTemplate restTemplate() {
-		RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
+		HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory factory = new HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory();
+		factory.setReadTimeout(5000);
+		RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate(factory);
 		restTemplate.setErrorHandler(new DefaultResponseErrorHandler() {
 			@Override public void handleError(ClientHttpResponse response)
 					throws IOException {