diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka.erl
index 64f2394c4..9cabaf5e9 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka.erl
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ fields("config_producer") ->
 fields("config_consumer") ->
     fields(kafka_consumer);
 fields(kafka_producer) ->
-    fields("config") ++ fields(producer_opts);
+    fields("config") ++ fields(resource_opts) ++ fields(producer_opts);
 fields(kafka_consumer) ->
     fields("config") ++ fields(consumer_opts);
 fields("config") ->
@@ -294,7 +294,37 @@ fields(producer_kafka_opts) ->
             mk(ref(producer_buffer), #{
                 required => false,
                 desc => ?DESC(producer_buffer)
-            })}
+            })},
+        {query_mode_sync_timeout,
+            mk(
+                emqx_schema:duration_ms(),
+                #{
+                    default => <<"5s">>,
+                    desc => ?DESC(query_mode_sync_timeout)
+                }
+            )}
+    ];
+fields(resource_opts) ->
+    [
+        {resource_opts,
+            mk(
+                ref(?MODULE, resource_opts_fields),
+                #{
+                    required => false,
+                    desc => ?DESC(resource_opts)
+                }
+            )}
+    ];
+fields(resource_opts_fields) ->
+    [
+        {query_mode,
+            mk(
+                enum([async, sync]),
+                #{
+                    default => async,
+                    desc => ?DESC(query_mode)
+                }
+            )}
     ];
 fields(kafka_message) ->
     [
@@ -410,7 +440,8 @@ struct_names() ->
         producer_opts,
         consumer_opts,
         consumer_kafka_opts,
-        consumer_topic_mapping
+        consumer_topic_mapping,
+        resource_opts_fields
     ].
 
 %% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_producer.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_producer.erl
index 8b8337b09..8be506efd 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_producer.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge_kafka/src/emqx_bridge_kafka_impl_producer.erl
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ on_start(InstId, Config) ->
         bootstrap_hosts := Hosts0,
         bridge_name := BridgeName,
         connect_timeout := ConnTimeout,
-        kafka := KafkaConfig = #{message := MessageTemplate, topic := KafkaTopic},
+        kafka := KafkaConfig = #{
+            message := MessageTemplate,
+            topic := KafkaTopic,
+            query_mode_sync_timeout := QueryModeSyncTimeout
+        },
         metadata_request_timeout := MetaReqTimeout,
         min_metadata_refresh_interval := MinMetaRefreshInterval,
         socket_opts := SocketOpts,
@@ -99,7 +103,8 @@ on_start(InstId, Config) ->
                 client_id => ClientId,
                 kafka_topic => KafkaTopic,
                 producers => Producers,
-                resource_id => ResourceId
+                resource_id => ResourceId,
+                query_mode_sync_timeout => QueryModeSyncTimeout
             }};
         {error, Reason2} ->
             ?SLOG(error, #{
@@ -189,14 +194,15 @@ on_stop(InstanceId, _State) ->
 on_query(
     _InstId,
     {send_message, Message},
-    #{message_template := Template, producers := Producers}
+    #{
+        message_template := Template,
+        producers := Producers,
+        query_mode_sync_timeout := SyncTimeout
+    }
 ) ->
     KafkaMessage = render_message(Template, Message),
-    %% TODO: this function is not used so far,
-    %% timeout should be configurable
-    %% or the on_query/3 should be on_query/4 instead.
     try
-        {_Partition, _Offset} = wolff:send_sync(Producers, [KafkaMessage], 5000),
+        {_Partition, _Offset} = wolff:send_sync(Producers, [KafkaMessage], SyncTimeout),
         ok
     catch
         error:{producer_down, _} = Reason ->
diff --git a/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource.erl b/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource.erl
index 0dbc3067f..c700cfd86 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource.erl
@@ -276,13 +276,13 @@ query(ResId, Request) ->
     Result :: term().
 query(ResId, Request, Opts) ->
     case emqx_resource_manager:lookup_cached(ResId) of
-        {ok, _Group, #{query_mode := QM, mod := Module}} ->
+        {ok, _Group, #{query_mode := QM, mod := Module} = Config} ->
             IsBufferSupported = is_buffer_supported(Module),
             case {IsBufferSupported, QM} of
                 {true, _} ->
                     %% only Kafka producer so far
                     Opts1 = Opts#{is_buffer_supported => true},
-                    emqx_resource_buffer_worker:simple_async_query(ResId, Request, Opts1);
+                    do_query_built_in_buffer(QM, ResId, Request, Opts1);
                 {false, sync} ->
                     emqx_resource_buffer_worker:sync_query(ResId, Request, Opts);
                 {false, async} ->
@@ -292,6 +292,11 @@ query(ResId, Request, Opts) ->
             ?RESOURCE_ERROR(not_found, "resource not found")
     end.
 
+do_query_built_in_buffer(async, ResId, Request, Opts1) ->
+    emqx_resource_buffer_worker:simple_async_query(ResId, Request, Opts1);
+do_query_built_in_buffer(sync, ResId, Request, _Opts1) ->
+    emqx_resource_buffer_worker:simple_sync_query(ResId, Request).
+
 -spec simple_sync_query(resource_id(), Request :: term()) -> Result :: term().
 simple_sync_query(ResId, Request) ->
     emqx_resource_buffer_worker:simple_sync_query(ResId, Request).
diff --git a/rel/i18n/emqx_bridge_kafka.hocon b/rel/i18n/emqx_bridge_kafka.hocon
index ef2e27972..740d94984 100644
--- a/rel/i18n/emqx_bridge_kafka.hocon
+++ b/rel/i18n/emqx_bridge_kafka.hocon
@@ -358,4 +358,28 @@ compression.desc:
 compression.label:
 """Compression"""
 
+query_mode.desc:
+"""Query mode. Optional 'sync/async', default 'async'."""
+
+query_mode.label:
+"""Query mode"""
+
+resource_opts.desc:
+"""Resource options."""
+
+resource_opts.label:
+"""Resource Options"""
+
+resource_opts_fields.desc:
+"""Resource options."""
+
+resource_opts_fields.label:
+"""Resource Options"""
+
+query_mode_sync_timeout.desc:
+"""This parameter defines the timeout limit for synchronous queries. It applies only when the bridge query mode is configured to 'sync'."""
+
+query_mode_sync_timeout.label:
+"""Synchronous Query Timeout"""
+
 }