diff --git a/lib/handler/retry-handler.js b/lib/handler/retry-handler.js
index f2e22f6d4c0..15894470ff3 100644
--- a/lib/handler/retry-handler.js
+++ b/lib/handler/retry-handler.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+'use strict'
 const assert = require('node:assert')
 
 const { kRetryHandlerDefaultRetry } = require('../core/symbols')
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ class RetryHandler {
       retry: retryFn ?? RetryHandler[kRetryHandlerDefaultRetry],
       retryAfter: retryAfter ?? true,
       maxTimeout: maxTimeout ?? 30 * 1000, // 30s,
-      timeout: minTimeout ?? 500, // .5s
+      minTimeout: minTimeout ?? 500, // .5s
       timeoutFactor: timeoutFactor ?? 2,
       maxRetries: maxRetries ?? 5,
       // What errors we should retry
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ class RetryHandler {
     const { method, retryOptions } = opts
     const {
       maxRetries,
-      timeout,
+      minTimeout,
       maxTimeout,
       timeoutFactor,
       statusCodes,
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ class RetryHandler {
     let { counter, currentTimeout } = state
 
     currentTimeout =
-      currentTimeout != null && currentTimeout > 0 ? currentTimeout : timeout
+      currentTimeout != null && currentTimeout > 0 ? currentTimeout : minTimeout
 
     // Any code that is not a Undici's originated and allowed to retry
     if (