diff --git a/pulsar-zookeeper-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/zookeeper/ZooKeeperCache.java b/pulsar-zookeeper-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/zookeeper/ZooKeeperCache.java
index 34b55a6c5a6dd..7f9b8d1c3583e 100644
--- a/pulsar-zookeeper-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/zookeeper/ZooKeeperCache.java
+++ b/pulsar-zookeeper-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/zookeeper/ZooKeeperCache.java
@@ -113,12 +113,12 @@ public ZooKeeperCache(String cacheName, ZooKeeper zkSession, int zkOperationTime
 
         this.childrenCache = Caffeine.newBuilder()
                 .recordStats()
-                .expireAfterWrite(zkOperationTimeoutSeconds, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+                .expireAfterWrite(cacheExpirySeconds, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                 .buildAsync((key, executor1) -> null);
 
         this.existsCache = Caffeine.newBuilder()
                 .recordStats()
-                .expireAfterWrite(zkOperationTimeoutSeconds, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+                .expireAfterWrite(cacheExpirySeconds, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                 .buildAsync((key, executor1) -> null);
 
         CacheMetricsCollector.CAFFEINE.addCache(cacheName + "-data", dataCache);