diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2f390ebe..04c207f1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 ### Changed
 - Automatically add `http://` scheme to the `IMGPROXY_S3_ENDPOINT` value if it has no scheme.
 - Trim redundant slashes in the S3 object key.
+- Rename `IMGPROXY_WRITE_TIMEOUT` to `IMGPROXY_TIMEOUT`. The old name is deprecated but still supported.
+- Rename `IMGPROXY_READ_TIMEOUT` to `IMGPROXY_READ_REQUEST_TIMEOUT`. The old name is deprecated but still supported.
 - (pro) Allow specifying [gradient](https://docs.imgproxy.net/latest/usage/processing#gradient) direction as an angle in degrees.
 
 ### Fix
@@ -18,6 +20,10 @@
 - (pro) Fix style injection to SVG.
 - (pro) Fix video tiles generation when the video's SAR is not `1`.
 
+### Deprecated
+- `IMGPROXY_WRITE_TIMEOUT` config is deprecated. Use `IMGPROXY_TIMEOUT` instead.
+- `IMGPROXY_READ_TIMEOUT` config is deprecated. Use `IMGPROXY_READ_REQUEST_TIMEOUT` instead.
+
 ## [3.24.1] - 2024-04-30
 ### Fix
 - Fix the default `IMGPROXY_WORKERS` value when cgroup limits are applied.
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 78090d6f..4d314cd9 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ type URLReplacement = configurators.URLReplacement
 var (
 	Network                string
 	Bind                   string
-	ReadTimeout            int
-	WriteTimeout           int
+	Timeout                int
+	ReadRequestTimeout     int
 	WriteResponseTimeout   int
 	KeepAliveTimeout       int
 	ClientKeepAliveTimeout int
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ func init() {
 func Reset() {
 	Network = "tcp"
 	Bind = ":8080"
-	ReadTimeout = 10
-	WriteTimeout = 10
+	Timeout = 10
+	ReadRequestTimeout = 10
 	WriteResponseTimeout = 10
 	KeepAliveTimeout = 10
 	ClientKeepAliveTimeout = 90
@@ -403,11 +403,24 @@ func Configure() error {
 
 	configurators.String(&Network, "IMGPROXY_NETWORK")
 	configurators.String(&Bind, "IMGPROXY_BIND")
-	configurators.Int(&ReadTimeout, "IMGPROXY_READ_TIMEOUT")
-	configurators.Int(&WriteTimeout, "IMGPROXY_WRITE_TIMEOUT")
+
+	if _, ok := os.LookupEnv("IMGPROXY_WRITE_TIMEOUT"); ok {
+		log.Warning("IMGPROXY_WRITE_TIMEOUT is deprecated, use IMGPROXY_TIMEOUT instead")
+		configurators.Int(&Timeout, "IMGPROXY_WRITE_TIMEOUT")
+	}
+	configurators.Int(&Timeout, "IMGPROXY_TIMEOUT")
+
+	if _, ok := os.LookupEnv("IMGPROXY_READ_TIMEOUT"); ok {
+		log.Warning("IMGPROXY_READ_TIMEOUT is deprecated, use IMGPROXY_READ_REQUEST_TIMEOUT instead")
+		configurators.Int(&ReadRequestTimeout, "IMGPROXY_READ_TIMEOUT")
+	}
+	configurators.Int(&ReadRequestTimeout, "IMGPROXY_READ_REQUEST_TIMEOUT")
+
 	configurators.Int(&WriteResponseTimeout, "IMGPROXY_WRITE_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT")
+
 	configurators.Int(&KeepAliveTimeout, "IMGPROXY_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT")
 	configurators.Int(&ClientKeepAliveTimeout, "IMGPROXY_CLIENT_KEEP_ALIVE_TIMEOUT")
+
 	configurators.Int(&DownloadTimeout, "IMGPROXY_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT")
 
 	if lambdaFn := os.Getenv("AWS_LAMBDA_FUNCTION_NAME"); len(lambdaFn) > 0 {
@@ -627,12 +640,14 @@ func Configure() error {
 		return errors.New("Bind address is not defined")
 	}
 
-	if ReadTimeout <= 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Read timeout should be greater than 0, now - %d\n", ReadTimeout)
+	if Timeout <= 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Timeout should be greater than 0, now - %d\n", Timeout)
 	}
-
-	if WriteTimeout <= 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Write timeout should be greater than 0, now - %d\n", WriteTimeout)
+	if ReadRequestTimeout <= 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Read request timeout should be greater than 0, now - %d\n", ReadRequestTimeout)
+	}
+	if WriteResponseTimeout <= 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Write response timeout should be greater than 0, now - %d\n", WriteResponseTimeout)
 	}
 	if KeepAliveTimeout < 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("KeepAlive timeout should be greater than or equal to 0, now - %d\n", KeepAliveTimeout)
diff --git a/router/timer.go b/router/timer.go
index 3c7eeb2e..54e66cc7 100644
--- a/router/timer.go
+++ b/router/timer.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type timerSinceCtxKey = struct{}
 func startRequestTimer(r *http.Request) (*http.Request, context.CancelFunc) {
 	ctx := r.Context()
 	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, timerSinceCtxKey{}, time.Now())
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Duration(config.WriteTimeout)*time.Second)
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Duration(config.Timeout)*time.Second)
 	return r.WithContext(ctx), cancel
 }
 
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 7c06a3f1..dd1968f9 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func startServer(cancel context.CancelFunc) (*http.Server, error) {
 
 	s := &http.Server{
 		Handler:        buildRouter(),
-		ReadTimeout:    time.Duration(config.ReadTimeout) * time.Second,
+		ReadTimeout:    time.Duration(config.ReadRequestTimeout) * time.Second,
 		MaxHeaderBytes: 1 << 20,
 		ErrorLog:       errLogger,
 	}