diff --git a/src/plyngent/runtime/client_factory.py b/src/plyngent/runtime/client_factory.py
index a234f26..826dbcf 100644
--- a/src/plyngent/runtime/client_factory.py
+++ b/src/plyngent/runtime/client_factory.py
@@ -106,10 +106,15 @@ def create_client(provider: Provider, *, model: str | None = None) -> ProtocolCl
     if effective.preset == "deepseek":
         return DeepseekOpenAIClient(provider_to_openai_config(effective))
     if effective.preset == "anthropic":
+        try:
+            http_timeout = normalize_http_timeout(effective.timeout)
+        except InvalidHttpTimeoutError as exc:
+            raise ProviderNotSupportedError(str(exc)) from exc
         return AnthropicClient(
             AnthropicConfigCls(
                 api_key=effective.access_key_or_token,
                 base_url=effective.url or DEFAULT_ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL,
+                timeout=http_timeout,
             )
         )
     msg = f"provider preset {effective.preset!r} is not supported"
diff --git a/tests/test_runtime/test_client_factory.py b/tests/test_runtime/test_client_factory.py
index 09c2438..a05e901 100644
--- a/tests/test_runtime/test_client_factory.py
+++ b/tests/test_runtime/test_client_factory.py
@@ -73,13 +73,15 @@ def test_deepseek_ignores_legacy_convention_extra() -> None:
     assert isinstance(client, DeepseekOpenAIClient)
 
 
-def test_anthropic_not_implemented() -> None:
+def test_anthropic_client_created() -> None:
     from plyngent.lmproto.anthropic import AnthropicClient
 
-    provider = AnthropicProvider(access_key_or_token="sk-test")
+    provider = AnthropicProvider(access_key_or_token="sk-test", timeout=30)
     client = create_client(provider)
     assert isinstance(client, AnthropicClient)
     assert client.kind == "messages"
+    # timeout is passed through to the niquests session
+    assert client.session.timeout == 30
 
 
 def test_model_level_preset_url_overrides_parent() -> None: