diff --git a/exporter/pulsarexporter/config.go b/exporter/pulsarexporter/config.go
index 8593edd11847..d8265838e19b 100644
--- a/exporter/pulsarexporter/config.go
+++ b/exporter/pulsarexporter/config.go
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// Configure whether the Pulsar client accept untrusted TLS certificate from broker (default: false)
 	TLSAllowInsecureConnection bool           `mapstructure:"tls_allow_insecure_connection"`
 	Authentication             Authentication `mapstructure:"auth"`
+	OperationTimeout           time.Duration  `mapstructure:"operation_timeout"`
+	ConnectionTimeout          time.Duration  `mapstructure:"connection_timeout"`
+	MaxConnectionsPerBroker    int            `mapstructure:"map_connections_per_broker"`
 }
 
 type Authentication struct {
@@ -133,7 +136,10 @@ func (cfg *Config) auth() pulsar.Authentication {
 
 func (cfg *Config) clientOptions() pulsar.ClientOptions {
 	options := pulsar.ClientOptions{
-		URL: cfg.Endpoint,
+		URL:                     cfg.Endpoint,
+		ConnectionTimeout:       cfg.ConnectionTimeout,
+		OperationTimeout:        cfg.OperationTimeout,
+		MaxConnectionsPerBroker: cfg.MaxConnectionsPerBroker,
 	}
 
 	options.TLSAllowInsecureConnection = cfg.TLSAllowInsecureConnection
diff --git a/exporter/pulsarexporter/config_test.go b/exporter/pulsarexporter/config_test.go
index 831b27bf6590..2c2a10b3871b 100644
--- a/exporter/pulsarexporter/config_test.go
+++ b/exporter/pulsarexporter/config_test.go
@@ -57,11 +57,14 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 					NumConsumers: 2,
 					QueueSize:    10,
 				},
-				Endpoint:              "pulsar://localhost:6650",
-				Topic:                 "spans",
-				Encoding:              "otlp-spans",
-				TLSTrustCertsFilePath: "ca.pem",
-				Authentication:        Authentication{TLS: &TLS{CertFile: "cert.pem", KeyFile: "key.pem"}},
+				Endpoint:                "pulsar://localhost:6650",
+				Topic:                   "spans",
+				Encoding:                "otlp-spans",
+				TLSTrustCertsFilePath:   "ca.pem",
+				Authentication:          Authentication{TLS: &TLS{CertFile: "cert.pem", KeyFile: "key.pem"}},
+				MaxConnectionsPerBroker: 1,
+				ConnectionTimeout:       5 * time.Second,
+				OperationTimeout:        30 * time.Second,
 				Producer: Producer{
 					MaxReconnectToBroker:            nil,
 					HashingScheme:                   "java_string_hash",
@@ -108,9 +111,12 @@ func TestClientOptions(t *testing.T) {
 	options := cfg.(*Config).clientOptions()
 
 	assert.Equal(t, &pulsar.ClientOptions{
-		URL:                   "pulsar://localhost:6650",
-		TLSTrustCertsFilePath: "ca.pem",
-		Authentication:        pulsar.NewAuthenticationTLS("cert.pem", "key.pem"),
+		URL:                     "pulsar://localhost:6650",
+		TLSTrustCertsFilePath:   "ca.pem",
+		Authentication:          pulsar.NewAuthenticationTLS("cert.pem", "key.pem"),
+		ConnectionTimeout:       5 * time.Second,
+		OperationTimeout:        30 * time.Second,
+		MaxConnectionsPerBroker: 1,
 	}, &options)
 
 }
diff --git a/exporter/pulsarexporter/factory.go b/exporter/pulsarexporter/factory.go
index bc946985a62e..2511fcea3dae 100644
--- a/exporter/pulsarexporter/factory.go
+++ b/exporter/pulsarexporter/factory.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package pulsarexporter // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collec
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"time"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer"
@@ -73,9 +74,12 @@ func createDefaultConfig() component.Config {
 		QueueSettings:   exporterhelper.NewDefaultQueueSettings(),
 		Endpoint:        defaultBroker,
 		// using an empty topic to track when it has not been set by user, default is based on traces or metrics.
-		Topic:          "",
-		Encoding:       defaultEncoding,
-		Authentication: Authentication{},
+		Topic:                   "",
+		Encoding:                defaultEncoding,
+		Authentication:          Authentication{},
+		MaxConnectionsPerBroker: 1,
+		ConnectionTimeout:       5 * time.Second,
+		OperationTimeout:        30 * time.Second,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/exporter/pulsarexporter/factory_test.go b/exporter/pulsarexporter/factory_test.go
index a9f679ed8481..d5adb3204aaa 100644
--- a/exporter/pulsarexporter/factory_test.go
+++ b/exporter/pulsarexporter/factory_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package pulsarexporter
 import (
 	"context"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -32,9 +33,12 @@ func Test_createDefaultConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		QueueSettings:   exporterhelper.NewDefaultQueueSettings(),
 		Endpoint:        defaultBroker,
 		// using an empty topic to track when it has not been set by user, default is based on traces or metrics.
-		Topic:          "",
-		Encoding:       defaultEncoding,
-		Authentication: Authentication{},
+		Topic:                   "",
+		Encoding:                defaultEncoding,
+		Authentication:          Authentication{},
+		MaxConnectionsPerBroker: 1,
+		ConnectionTimeout:       5 * time.Second,
+		OperationTimeout:        30 * time.Second,
 	})
 }