diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 75443033..51f394b2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk v0.5.1-0.20211110200317-2272de7cade7
 	github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk-k8s v0.0.0-20211103091718-33b5af79cf03
 	github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk-sriov v0.0.0-20211103092011-23a720ab62a6
-	github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk-vpp v0.0.0-20211110200900-b81956c63fbd
+	github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk-vpp v0.0.0-20211110233207-dd1c00b6ebb2
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.7.0
 	github.com/spiffe/go-spiffe/v2 v2.0.0-beta.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 72e72383..f3af6051 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -358,8 +358,8 @@ github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk-kernel v0.0.0-20211110200529-c70dbe94eb13 h1:P
 github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk-kernel v0.0.0-20211110200529-c70dbe94eb13/go.mod h1:Oz6lGHKKSFyJXcTql3dRfufM8k/4idlQ5A4Do+DdbBE=
 github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk-sriov v0.0.0-20211103092011-23a720ab62a6 h1:WsnwJeTDbTVJc8FuCYIUt6y9QnYaRrEyH3TCycQGDRo=
 github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk-sriov v0.0.0-20211103092011-23a720ab62a6/go.mod h1:Sx4W7rd93sUhpCPT92FvhDXAbbfshVcB4IX4CgTrFos=
-github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk-vpp v0.0.0-20211110200900-b81956c63fbd h1:+I9jnfpRWiv23Q9r5zGfBUi4CTwqjx3V29KmMUpOcuY=
-github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk-vpp v0.0.0-20211110200900-b81956c63fbd/go.mod h1:6blhu3JzeEHEOeA8lUhQ4JYHUOB0xthiiaZEuTQ71NI=
+github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk-vpp v0.0.0-20211110233207-dd1c00b6ebb2 h1:USJRlkP9tYXpzqxjx88edzqUDrTwyuuwe4aN/oat2q8=
+github.com/networkservicemesh/sdk-vpp v0.0.0-20211110233207-dd1c00b6ebb2/go.mod h1:6blhu3JzeEHEOeA8lUhQ4JYHUOB0xthiiaZEuTQ71NI=
 github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e h1:fD57ERR4JtEqsWbfPhv4DMiApHyliiK5xCTNVSPiaAs=
 github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e/go.mod h1:zD1mROLANZcx1PVRCS0qkT7pwLkGfwJo4zjcN/Tysno=
 github.com/nxadm/tail v1.4.4/go.mod h1:kenIhsEOeOJmVchQTgglprH7qJGnHDVpk1VPCcaMI8A=
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 29f2b7fe..9fc7cd49 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	ListenOn         url.URL           `default:"unix:///listen.on.socket" desc:"url to listen on" split_words:"true"`
 	MaxTokenLifetime time.Duration     `default:"10m" desc:"maximum lifetime of tokens" split_words:"true"`
 	LogLevel         string            `default:"INFO" desc:"Log level" split_words:"true"`
+	DialTimeout      time.Duration     `default:"50ms" desc:"Timeout for the dial the next endpoint" split_words:"true"`
 
 	TunnelIP     net.IP       `desc:"IP to use for tunnels" split_words:"true"`
 	VxlanPort    uint16       `default:"0" desc:"VXLAN port to use" split_words:"true"`
diff --git a/internal/xconnectns/server.go b/internal/xconnectns/server.go
index 876fb072..b4bd600d 100644
--- a/internal/xconnectns/server.go
+++ b/internal/xconnectns/server.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"net"
 	"net/url"
+	"time"
 
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 
@@ -58,9 +59,10 @@ func NewServer(
 	sriovConfig *sriovconfig.Config,
 	vfioDir, cgroupBaseDir string,
 	clientURL *url.URL,
+	dialTimeout time.Duration,
 	clientDialOptions ...grpc.DialOption,
 ) endpoint.Endpoint {
-	vppForwarder := vppforwarder.NewServer(ctx, name, authzServer, tokenGenerator, clientURL, vppConn, tunnelIP, tunnelPort, clientDialOptions...)
+	vppForwarder := vppforwarder.NewServer(ctx, name, authzServer, tokenGenerator, clientURL, vppConn, tunnelIP, tunnelPort, dialTimeout, clientDialOptions...)
 	if sriovConfig == nil {
 		return vppForwarder
 	}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 028ad535..2dc8bd42 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ func main() {
 		sriovConfig,
 		cfg.VFIOPath, cfg.CgroupPath,
 		&cfg.ConnectTo,
+		cfg.DialTimeout,
 		grpc.WithTransportCredentials(
 			grpcfd.TransportCredentials(credentials.NewTLS(tlsconfig.MTLSClientConfig(source, source, tlsconfig.AuthorizeAny())))),
 		grpc.WithDefaultCallOptions(