diff --git a/jvm/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/jvm/execution/ExecutorModule.scala b/jvm/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/jvm/execution/ExecutorModule.scala
index 65129c90d..5a3985dd8 100644
--- a/jvm/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/jvm/execution/ExecutorModule.scala
+++ b/jvm/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/jvm/execution/ExecutorModule.scala
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ class ExecutorModule[F[_]: Sync](
 
 object ExecutorModule {
 
+  private final val DefaultBlockingExecutorConfig = ThreadPoolExecutorConfig(0, Int.MaxValue, allowCoreThreadTimeout = true)
+
   /** Makes [[com.avast.sst.jvm.execution.ExecutorModule]] with default callback executor and extra [[cats.effect.Blocker]] executor
     * for blocking operations.
     */
@@ -60,49 +62,62 @@ object ExecutorModule {
     for {
       numOfCpus <- Resource.eval(Sync[F].delay(Runtime.getRuntime.availableProcessors))
       coreSize = numOfCpus * 2
-      executor <- makeThreadPoolExecutor(ThreadPoolExecutorConfig(coreSize, coreSize), toolkitThreadFactory, new LinkedBlockingQueue)
+      executor <- makeThreadPoolExecutor(
+        ThreadPoolExecutorConfig(coreSize, coreSize, allowCoreThreadTimeout = true),
+        toolkitThreadFactory,
+        new LinkedBlockingQueue
+      )
         .map(ExecutionContext.fromExecutorService)
-      blockingExecutor <- makeBlockingExecutor.map(ExecutionContext.fromExecutorService)
+      blockingExecutor <- makeBlockingExecutor(DefaultBlockingExecutorConfig).map(ExecutionContext.fromExecutorService)
     } yield new ExecutorModule[F](numOfCpus, executor, blockingExecutor)
   }
 
   /** Makes [[com.avast.sst.jvm.execution.ExecutorModule]] with the provided callback executor and extra [[cats.effect.Blocker]]
     * executor for blocking operations.
     */
-  def makeFromExecutionContext[F[_]: Sync](executor: ExecutionContext): Resource[F, ExecutorModule[F]] = {
+  def makeFromExecutionContext[F[_]: Sync](
+      executor: ExecutionContext,
+      blockingExecutorConfig: ThreadPoolExecutorConfig = DefaultBlockingExecutorConfig
+  ): Resource[F, ExecutorModule[F]] = {
     for {
       numOfCpus <- Resource.eval(Sync[F].delay(Runtime.getRuntime.availableProcessors))
-      blockingExecutor <- makeBlockingExecutor.map(ExecutionContext.fromExecutorService)
+      blockingExecutor <- makeBlockingExecutor(blockingExecutorConfig).map(ExecutionContext.fromExecutorService)
     } yield new ExecutorModule[F](numOfCpus, executor, blockingExecutor)
   }
 
   /** Makes [[com.avast.sst.jvm.execution.ExecutorModule]] with executor and extra [[cats.effect.Blocker]] executor
     * for blocking operations.
     */
-  def makeFromConfig[F[_]: Sync](executorConfig: ThreadPoolExecutorConfig): Resource[F, ExecutorModule[F]] = {
+  def makeFromConfig[F[_]: Sync](
+      executorConfig: ThreadPoolExecutorConfig,
+      blockingExecutorConfig: ThreadPoolExecutorConfig = DefaultBlockingExecutorConfig
+  ): Resource[F, ExecutorModule[F]] = {
     for {
       numOfCpus <- Resource.eval(Sync[F].delay(Runtime.getRuntime.availableProcessors))
       executor <- makeThreadPoolExecutor(executorConfig, toolkitThreadFactory, new LinkedBlockingQueue)
         .map(ExecutionContext.fromExecutorService)
-      blockingExecutor <- makeBlockingExecutor.map(ExecutionContext.fromExecutorService)
+      blockingExecutor <- makeBlockingExecutor(blockingExecutorConfig).map(ExecutionContext.fromExecutorService)
     } yield new ExecutorModule[F](numOfCpus, executor, blockingExecutor)
   }
 
   /** Makes [[com.avast.sst.jvm.execution.ExecutorModule]] with fork-join executor and extra [[cats.effect.Blocker]] executor
     * for blocking operations.
     */
-  def makeForkJoinFromConfig[F[_]: Sync](executorConfig: ForkJoinPoolConfig): Resource[F, ExecutorModule[F]] = {
+  def makeForkJoinFromConfig[F[_]: Sync](
+      executorConfig: ForkJoinPoolConfig,
+      blockingExecutorConfig: ThreadPoolExecutorConfig = DefaultBlockingExecutorConfig
+  ): Resource[F, ExecutorModule[F]] = {
     for {
       numOfCpus <- Resource.eval(Sync[F].delay(Runtime.getRuntime.availableProcessors))
       executor <- makeForkJoinPool(executorConfig, numOfCpus, toolkitThreadFactory)
         .map(ExecutionContext.fromExecutorService)
-      blockingExecutor <- makeBlockingExecutor.map(ExecutionContext.fromExecutorService)
+      blockingExecutor <- makeBlockingExecutor(blockingExecutorConfig).map(ExecutionContext.fromExecutorService)
     } yield new ExecutorModule[F](numOfCpus, executor, blockingExecutor)
   }
 
-  private def makeBlockingExecutor[F[_]: Sync] =
+  private def makeBlockingExecutor[F[_]: Sync](config: ThreadPoolExecutorConfig) =
     makeThreadPoolExecutor[F](
-      ThreadPoolExecutorConfig(0, Int.MaxValue),
+      config,
       new ConfigurableThreadFactory(Config(nameFormat = Some("default-blocking-%02d"), daemon = true)),
       new SynchronousQueue
     )
diff --git a/jvm/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/jvm/execution/ThreadPoolExecutorConfig.scala b/jvm/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/jvm/execution/ThreadPoolExecutorConfig.scala
index 0eea3c503..9a27f441c 100644
--- a/jvm/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/jvm/execution/ThreadPoolExecutorConfig.scala
+++ b/jvm/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/jvm/execution/ThreadPoolExecutorConfig.scala
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ import scala.concurrent.duration.{Duration, FiniteDuration}
 final case class ThreadPoolExecutorConfig(
     coreSize: Int,
     maxSize: Int,
-    keepAlive: FiniteDuration = Duration(1000L, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS),
+    keepAlive: FiniteDuration = Duration(60000L, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS),
     allowCoreThreadTimeout: Boolean = false
 )