diff --git a/common/service/pldm/pldm.c b/common/service/pldm/pldm.c
index 6a64f50e0f..afe5a94086 100644
--- a/common/service/pldm/pldm.c
+++ b/common/service/pldm/pldm.c
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ LOG_MODULE_REGISTER(pldm);
 #define PLDM_MSG_MAX_RETRY 3
 #endif
 
+#ifndef PLDM_FW_UPDATE_TIMEOUT_MS
 #define PLDM_FW_UPDATE_TIMEOUT_MS 30000
+#endif
+
 #define PLDM_FW_UPDATE_MAX_RETRY 3
 
 #define PLDM_RESP_MSG_PROC_MUTEX_TIMEOUT_MS 500
diff --git a/meta-facebook/minerva-ag/src/platform/plat_def.h b/meta-facebook/minerva-ag/src/platform/plat_def.h
index f22938b771..cf96bce92f 100644
--- a/meta-facebook/minerva-ag/src/platform/plat_def.h
+++ b/meta-facebook/minerva-ag/src/platform/plat_def.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #define MAX_AUX_SENSOR_NAME_LEN 58
 
 #define PLDM_MSG_TIMEOUT_MS 5000
+#define PLDM_FW_UPDATE_TIMEOUT_MS 5000
 
 #define DISABLE_SENSOR_RESP_DURING_FW_UPDATE