diff --git a/src/momento/internal/aio/_scs_pubsub_client.py b/src/momento/internal/aio/_scs_pubsub_client.py
index f3a1afc2..f055fe24 100644
--- a/src/momento/internal/aio/_scs_pubsub_client.py
+++ b/src/momento/internal/aio/_scs_pubsub_client.py
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ async def subscribe(
             stub, decrement_stream_count = self._get_stream_stub()
             stream = stub.Subscribe(  # type: ignore[misc]
                 request,
+                timeout=self._default_deadline_seconds,
             )
 
             # Ping the stream to provide a nice error message if the cache does not exist.
diff --git a/src/momento/internal/synchronous/_scs_pubsub_client.py b/src/momento/internal/synchronous/_scs_pubsub_client.py
index d103018e..97c8b182 100644
--- a/src/momento/internal/synchronous/_scs_pubsub_client.py
+++ b/src/momento/internal/synchronous/_scs_pubsub_client.py
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ def subscribe(
             stub, decrement_stream_count = self._get_stream_stub()
             stream = stub.Subscribe(  # type: ignore[misc]
                 request,
+                timeout=self._default_deadline_seconds,
             )
 
             # Ping the stream to provide a nice error message if the cache does not exist.
diff --git a/tests/momento/topic_client/test_topics.py b/tests/momento/topic_client/test_topics.py
index c318291f..fd8f1d09 100644
--- a/tests/momento/topic_client/test_topics.py
+++ b/tests/momento/topic_client/test_topics.py
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
+from datetime import timedelta
 from functools import partial
 
 from momento import CacheClient, TopicClient
+from momento.config.topic_configurations import TopicConfigurations
+from momento.errors.error_details import MomentoErrorCode
 from momento.responses import TopicPublish, TopicSubscribe, TopicSubscriptionItem
 from pytest import fixture
 from pytest_describe import behaves_like
 
+from tests.conftest import TEST_AUTH_PROVIDER
 from tests.utils import uuid_bytes, uuid_str
 
 from .shared_behaviors import (
@@ -114,3 +118,20 @@ def succeeds_with_nonexistent_topic(client: CacheClient, topic_client: TopicClie
 
         resp = topic_client.subscribe(cache_name, topic)
         assert isinstance(resp, TopicSubscribe.Subscription)
+
+    def deadline_exceeded_when_timeout_is_shorter_than_subscribe_response(
+        client: CacheClient, topic_client: TopicClient, cache_name: str
+    ) -> None:
+        topic = uuid_str()
+
+        # Default config uses 5 second timeout, should succeed
+        resp = topic_client.subscribe(cache_name, topic)
+        assert isinstance(resp, TopicSubscribe.Subscription)
+
+        # Using a topic client configured with 1ms timeout should cause deadline exceeded error
+        with TopicClient(
+            TopicConfigurations.Default.latest().with_client_timeout(timedelta(milliseconds=1)), TEST_AUTH_PROVIDER
+        ) as short_timeout_client:
+            resp = short_timeout_client.subscribe(cache_name, topic)
+            assert isinstance(resp, TopicSubscribe.Error)
+            assert resp.error_code == MomentoErrorCode.TIMEOUT_ERROR
diff --git a/tests/momento/topic_client/test_topics_async.py b/tests/momento/topic_client/test_topics_async.py
index f6f42cda..8b4c957a 100644
--- a/tests/momento/topic_client/test_topics_async.py
+++ b/tests/momento/topic_client/test_topics_async.py
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
+from datetime import timedelta
 from functools import partial
 
 from momento import CacheClientAsync, TopicClientAsync
+from momento.config.topic_configurations import TopicConfigurations
+from momento.errors.error_details import MomentoErrorCode
 from momento.responses import TopicPublish, TopicSubscribe, TopicSubscriptionItem
 from pytest import fixture
 from pytest_describe import behaves_like
 
+from tests.conftest import TEST_AUTH_PROVIDER
 from tests.utils import uuid_bytes, uuid_str
 
 from .shared_behaviors_async import (
@@ -129,3 +133,20 @@ async def succeeds_with_nonexistent_topic(
 
         resp = await topic_client_async.subscribe(cache_name, topic)
         assert isinstance(resp, TopicSubscribe.SubscriptionAsync)
+
+    async def deadline_exceeded_when_timeout_is_shorter_than_subscribe_response(
+        client: CacheClientAsync, topic_client_async: TopicClientAsync, cache_name: str
+    ) -> None:
+        topic = uuid_str()
+
+        # Default config uses 5 second timeout, should succeed
+        resp = await topic_client_async.subscribe(cache_name, topic)
+        assert isinstance(resp, TopicSubscribe.SubscriptionAsync)
+
+        # Using a topic client configured with 1ms timeout should cause deadline exceeded error
+        async with TopicClientAsync(
+            TopicConfigurations.Default.latest().with_client_timeout(timedelta(milliseconds=1)), TEST_AUTH_PROVIDER
+        ) as short_timeout_client:
+            resp = await short_timeout_client.subscribe(cache_name, topic)
+            assert isinstance(resp, TopicSubscribe.Error)
+            assert resp.error_code == MomentoErrorCode.TIMEOUT_ERROR