diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/hive/HMSExternalCatalog.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/hive/HMSExternalCatalog.java
index eca6d856cac408..bd0d09f352e7eb 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/hive/HMSExternalCatalog.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/hive/HMSExternalCatalog.java
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ protected void initLocalObjectsImpl() {
             for (Map.Entry<String, String> kv : catalogProperty.getHadoopProperties().entrySet()) {
                 hiveConf.set(kv.getKey(), kv.getValue());
             }
-            hiveConf.set(HiveConf.ConfVars.METASTORE_CLIENT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT.name(),
+            HiveConf.setVar(hiveConf, HiveConf.ConfVars.METASTORE_CLIENT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT,
                     String.valueOf(Config.hive_metastore_client_timeout_second));
         }
         HiveMetadataOps hiveOps = ExternalMetadataOperations.newHiveMetadataOps(hiveConf, jdbcClientConfig, this);
diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/hive/ThriftHMSCachedClient.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/hive/ThriftHMSCachedClient.java
index 56b69dc71e2b03..04f4da2bcaf8ae 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/hive/ThriftHMSCachedClient.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/datasource/hive/ThriftHMSCachedClient.java
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ public class ThriftHMSCachedClient implements HMSCachedClient {
     public ThriftHMSCachedClient(HiveConf hiveConf, int poolSize) {
         Preconditions.checkArgument(poolSize > 0, poolSize);
         if (hiveConf != null) {
-            hiveConf.set(ConfVars.METASTORE_CLIENT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT.name(),
+            HiveConf.setVar(hiveConf, ConfVars.METASTORE_CLIENT_SOCKET_TIMEOUT,
                     String.valueOf(Config.hive_metastore_client_timeout_second));
         }
         this.hiveConf = hiveConf;