diff --git a/js.go b/js.go
index 5bea1b976..9fec788a7 100644
--- a/js.go
+++ b/js.go
@@ -2899,7 +2899,11 @@ func (sub *Subscription) Fetch(batch int, opts ...PullOpt) ([]*Msg, error) {
 			}
 
 			// Make our request expiration a bit shorter than the current timeout.
-			expires := time.Duration(float64(ttl) * 0.9)
+			expiresDiff := time.Duration(float64(ttl) * 0.1)
+			if expiresDiff > 5*time.Second {
+				expiresDiff = 5 * time.Second
+			}
+			expires := ttl - expiresDiff
 
 			nr.Batch = batch - len(msgs)
 			nr.Expires = expires
@@ -3163,7 +3167,11 @@ func (sub *Subscription) FetchBatch(batch int, opts ...PullOpt) (MessageBatch, e
 	ttl = time.Until(deadline)
 
 	// Make our request expiration a bit shorter than the current timeout.
-	expires := time.Duration(float64(ttl) * 0.9)
+	expiresDiff := time.Duration(float64(ttl) * 0.1)
+	if expiresDiff > 5*time.Second {
+		expiresDiff = 5 * time.Second
+	}
+	expires := ttl - expiresDiff
 
 	requestBatch := batch - len(result.msgs)
 	req := nextRequest{