diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/otel-logs-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/otellogs/OTelLogsSource.java b/data-prepper-plugins/otel-logs-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/otellogs/OTelLogsSource.java
index 5e46acc18b..737f791fb3 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/otel-logs-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/otellogs/OTelLogsSource.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/otel-logs-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/otellogs/OTelLogsSource.java
@@ -207,9 +207,14 @@ public void stop() {
     }
 
     private GrpcExceptionHandlerFunction createGrpExceptionHandler() {
-        RetryInfoConfig retryInfo = oTelLogsSourceConfig.getRetryInfo() != null ? oTelLogsSourceConfig.getRetryInfo() : new RetryInfoConfig(100, 2000);
+        Duration defaultMinDelay = Duration.ofMillis(100);
+        Duration defaultMaxDelay = Duration.ofMillis(2000);
 
-        return new GrpcRequestExceptionHandler(pluginMetrics, Duration.ofMillis(retryInfo.getMinDelay()), Duration.ofMillis(retryInfo.getMaxDelay()));
+        RetryInfoConfig retryInfo = oTelLogsSourceConfig.getRetryInfo() != null
+                ? oTelLogsSourceConfig.getRetryInfo()
+                : new RetryInfoConfig(defaultMinDelay, defaultMaxDelay);
+
+        return new GrpcRequestExceptionHandler(pluginMetrics, retryInfo.getMinDelay(), retryInfo.getMaxDelay());
     }
 
     private List<ServerInterceptor> getAuthenticationInterceptor() {
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/otel-logs-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/otellogs/RetryInfoConfig.java b/data-prepper-plugins/otel-logs-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/otellogs/RetryInfoConfig.java
index 7ab544caca..e3dbf028d4 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/otel-logs-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/otellogs/RetryInfoConfig.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/otel-logs-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/otellogs/RetryInfoConfig.java
@@ -1,36 +1,38 @@
 package org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.source.otellogs;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
+
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 
 public class RetryInfoConfig {
 
     @JsonProperty("min_delay")
-    private Integer minDelay;
+    private Duration minDelay;
 
     @JsonProperty("max_delay")
-    private Integer maxDelay;
+    private Duration maxDelay;
 
     // Jackson needs this constructor
     public RetryInfoConfig() {}
 
-    public RetryInfoConfig(int minDelay, int maxDelay) {
+    public RetryInfoConfig(Duration minDelay, Duration maxDelay) {
         this.minDelay = minDelay;
         this.maxDelay = maxDelay;
     }
 
-    public int getMinDelay() {
+    public Duration getMinDelay() {
         return minDelay;
     }
 
-    public void setMinDelay(Integer minDelay) {
+    public void setMinDelay(Duration minDelay) {
         this.minDelay = minDelay;
     }
 
-    public int getMaxDelay() {
+    public Duration getMaxDelay() {
         return maxDelay;
     }
 
-    public void setMaxDelay(Integer maxDelay) {
+    public void setMaxDelay(Duration maxDelay) {
         this.maxDelay = maxDelay;
     }
 }
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/otel-logs-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/otellogs/OtelLogsSourceConfigTests.java b/data-prepper-plugins/otel-logs-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/otellogs/OtelLogsSourceConfigTests.java
index 963035edc4..f5965b3431 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/otel-logs-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/otellogs/OtelLogsSourceConfigTests.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/otel-logs-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/otellogs/OtelLogsSourceConfigTests.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.configuration.PluginSetting;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.codec.CompressionOption;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ private PluginSetting completePluginSettingForOtelLogsSource(final int requestTi
         settings.put(SSL_KEY_FILE, sslKeyFile);
         settings.put(THREAD_COUNT, threadCount);
         settings.put(MAX_CONNECTION_COUNT, maxConnectionCount);
-        settings.put(OTelLogsSourceConfig.RETRY_INFO, new RetryInfoConfig(50, 100));
+        settings.put(OTelLogsSourceConfig.RETRY_INFO, new RetryInfoConfig(Duration.ofMillis(50), Duration.ofMillis(100)));
         return new PluginSetting(PLUGIN_NAME, settings);
     }
 }
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/otel-logs-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/otellogs/OtelLogsSourceRetryInfoTest.java b/data-prepper-plugins/otel-logs-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/otellogs/OtelLogsSourceRetryInfoTest.java
index 41de6302ba..a2aab9259b 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/otel-logs-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/otellogs/OtelLogsSourceRetryInfoTest.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/otel-logs-source/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/otellogs/OtelLogsSourceRetryInfoTest.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 class OtelLogsSourceRetryInfoTest {
     private static final String GRPC_ENDPOINT = "gproto+http://127.0.0.1:21892/";
     private static final String TEST_PIPELINE_NAME = "test_pipeline";
-    private static final RetryInfoConfig TEST_RETRY_INFO = new RetryInfoConfig(100, 2000);
+    private static final RetryInfoConfig TEST_RETRY_INFO = new RetryInfoConfig(Duration.ofMillis(100), Duration.ofMillis(2000));
 
     @Mock
     private PluginFactory pluginFactory;