diff --git a/message-broker-nats/build.gradle b/message-broker-nats/build.gradle
index 3dc497c..82b7376 100644
--- a/message-broker-nats/build.gradle
+++ b/message-broker-nats/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 coppuccino {
   coverage {
-    minimumCoverage = 0.87
+    minimumCoverage = 0.86
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/message-broker-nats/src/main/java/com/mx/path/service/facility/messaging/nats/NatsConfiguration.java b/message-broker-nats/src/main/java/com/mx/path/service/facility/messaging/nats/NatsConfiguration.java
index 2e44cdd..e09ddc2 100644
--- a/message-broker-nats/src/main/java/com/mx/path/service/facility/messaging/nats/NatsConfiguration.java
+++ b/message-broker-nats/src/main/java/com/mx/path/service/facility/messaging/nats/NatsConfiguration.java
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 
 import java.time.Duration;
 
-import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.Data;
-import lombok.Getter;
 
 import com.mx.common.configuration.ConfigurationField;
 
@@ -13,7 +11,7 @@ public class NatsConfiguration {
   private static final int DEFAULT_DISPATCHER_COUNT = 1;
   private static final boolean DEFAULT_ENABLED = true;
   private static final String DEFAULT_SERVERS = "nats://127.0.0.1:4222";
-  private static final int DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_IN_MILLISECONDS = 10000;
+  private static final Duration DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = Duration.ofMillis(10000);
   private static final String DEFAULT_TLS_CA_CERT_PATH = null;
   private static final String DEFAULT_TLS_CLIENT_CERT_PATH = null;
   private static final String DEFAULT_TLS_CLIENT_KEY_PATH = null;
@@ -28,16 +26,8 @@ public class NatsConfiguration {
   @ConfigurationField(required = true, placeholder = "nats://127.0.0.1:4222")
   private String servers = DEFAULT_SERVERS;
 
-  /**
-   * @deprecated use timeout
-   */
-  @Deprecated
   @ConfigurationField
-  @Getter(AccessLevel.PRIVATE)
-  private Integer timeoutInMilliseconds = null;
-
-  @ConfigurationField
-  private Duration timeout = null;
+  private Duration timeout = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
 
   @ConfigurationField
   private String tlsCaCertPath = DEFAULT_TLS_CA_CERT_PATH;
@@ -50,20 +40,4 @@ public class NatsConfiguration {
 
   @ConfigurationField
   private boolean tlsDisabled = DEFAULT_TLS_DISABLED;
-
-  /**
-   * Maintain backward compatibility. Remove with timeoutInMilliseconds
-   * @return timeout as a Duration
-   */
-  public final Duration getTimeout() {
-    if (timeout == null) {
-      if (timeoutInMilliseconds != null) {
-        timeout = Duration.ofMillis(timeoutInMilliseconds);
-      } else {
-        timeout = Duration.ofMillis(DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_IN_MILLISECONDS);
-      }
-    }
-
-    return timeout;
-  }
 }
diff --git a/message-broker-nats/src/test/groovy/com/mx/messaging/nats/NatsConfigurationTest.groovy b/message-broker-nats/src/test/groovy/com/mx/messaging/nats/NatsConfigurationTest.groovy
index 2ed2fac..658fd09 100644
--- a/message-broker-nats/src/test/groovy/com/mx/messaging/nats/NatsConfigurationTest.groovy
+++ b/message-broker-nats/src/test/groovy/com/mx/messaging/nats/NatsConfigurationTest.groovy
@@ -18,13 +18,6 @@ class NatsConfigurationTest extends Specification {
     def subject = new NatsConfiguration()
 
     when:
-    subject.setTimeoutInMilliseconds(201)
-
-    then: "uses timeoutInMilliseconds"
-    subject.getTimeout() == Duration.ofMillis(201)
-
-    when:
-    subject.setTimeoutInMilliseconds(null)
     subject.setTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(2))
 
     then: "uses timeout"
@@ -52,22 +45,6 @@ class NatsConfigurationTest extends Specification {
 
     when:
     configurations.tap {
-      put("timeoutInMilliseconds", 4000)
-    }
-
-    result = binder.build(NatsConfiguration, configurations)
-
-    then:
-    verifyAll(result) {
-      it.isEnabled()
-      it.getServers() == "nats://127.0.0.1:4223"
-      it.getDispatcherCount() == 9
-      it.getTimeout() == Duration.ofSeconds(4) // uses timeoutInMilliseconds
-    }
-
-    when:
-    configurations.tap {
-      remove("timeoutInMilliseconds")
       put("timeout", "11s")
     }