diff --git a/java/layer-javaagent/scripts/otel-handler b/java/layer-javaagent/scripts/otel-handler
index d5ab5dfea4..6e4cd91f15 100755
--- a/java/layer-javaagent/scripts/otel-handler
+++ b/java/layer-javaagent/scripts/otel-handler
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ if [[ $OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES != *"service.name="* ]]; then
   export OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES="service.name=${AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME},${OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES}"
 fi
 
+export OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_AWS_LAMBDA_FLUSH_TIMEOUT=10000
+
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/java/layer-wrapper/scripts/otel-handler b/java/layer-wrapper/scripts/otel-handler
index 6b4ba38014..6142db77dd 100755
--- a/java/layer-wrapper/scripts/otel-handler
+++ b/java/layer-wrapper/scripts/otel-handler
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ if [[ $OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES != *"service.name="* ]]; then
   export OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES="service.name=${AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME},${OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES}"
 fi
 
+export OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_AWS_LAMBDA_FLUSH_TIMEOUT=10000
+
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/java/layer-wrapper/scripts/otel-proxy-handler b/java/layer-wrapper/scripts/otel-proxy-handler
index ff03457e42..a406753c8a 100755
--- a/java/layer-wrapper/scripts/otel-proxy-handler
+++ b/java/layer-wrapper/scripts/otel-proxy-handler
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ if [[ $OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES != *"service.name="* ]]; then
   export OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES="service.name=${AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME},${OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES}"
 fi
 
+export OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_AWS_LAMBDA_FLUSH_TIMEOUT=10000
+
 exec "$@"
diff --git a/java/layer-wrapper/scripts/otel-stream-handler b/java/layer-wrapper/scripts/otel-stream-handler
index fb9cbafbee..9192a8b6a6 100755
--- a/java/layer-wrapper/scripts/otel-stream-handler
+++ b/java/layer-wrapper/scripts/otel-stream-handler
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ if [[ $OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES != *"service.name="* ]]; then
   export OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES="service.name=${AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME},${OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES}"
 fi
 
+export OTEL_INSTRUMENTATION_AWS_LAMBDA_FLUSH_TIMEOUT=10000
+
 exec "$@"