diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/multilang/config/MultiLangDaemonConfigurationTest.java b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/multilang/config/MultiLangDaemonConfigurationTest.java
index 07f8082b..13489fe7 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/multilang/config/MultiLangDaemonConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/multilang/config/MultiLangDaemonConfigurationTest.java
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ package software.amazon.kinesis.multilang.config;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.instanceOf;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import org.apache.commons.beanutils.BeanUtilsBean;
 import org.apache.commons.beanutils.ConvertUtilsBean;
@@ -103,12 +105,20 @@ public class MultiLangDaemonConfigurationTest {
     public void testDefaultRetrievalConfigWithPollingConfigSet() {
         MultiLangDaemonConfiguration configuration = baseConfiguration();
         configuration.setMaxRecords(10);
+        configuration.setIdleTimeBetweenReadsInMillis(60000);
 
         MultiLangDaemonConfiguration.ResolvedConfiguration resolvedConfiguration = configuration
                 .resolvedConfiguration(shardRecordProcessorFactory);
 
         assertThat(resolvedConfiguration.getRetrievalConfig().retrievalSpecificConfig(),
                 instanceOf(PollingConfig.class));
+        assertEquals(10,
+            ((PollingConfig) resolvedConfiguration.getRetrievalConfig().retrievalSpecificConfig()).maxRecords());
+        assertEquals(60000,
+            ((PollingConfig) resolvedConfiguration.getRetrievalConfig().retrievalSpecificConfig())
+                .idleTimeBetweenReadsInMillis());
+        assertTrue(((PollingConfig) resolvedConfiguration.getRetrievalConfig().retrievalSpecificConfig())
+            .usePollingConfigIdleTimeValue());
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/PollingConfig.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/PollingConfig.java
index 0cc7058d..fed3d15f 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/PollingConfig.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/polling/PollingConfig.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package software.amazon.kinesis.retrieval.polling;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Function;
+
+import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.EqualsAndHashCode;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.NonNull;
@@ -86,11 +88,15 @@ public class PollingConfig implements RetrievalSpecificConfig {
      * The value for how long the ShardConsumer should sleep in between calls to
      * {@link KinesisAsyncClient#getRecords(GetRecordsRequest)}.
      *
+     * If this is not set using {@link PollingConfig#idleTimeBetweenReadsInMillis},
+     * it defaults to 1500 ms.
+     *
      * <p>
-     * Default value: 1000L
+     * Default value: 1500L
      * </p>
      */
-    private long idleTimeBetweenReadsInMillis = 1000L;
+    @Setter(AccessLevel.NONE)
+    private long idleTimeBetweenReadsInMillis = 1500L;
 
     /**
      * Time to wait in seconds before the worker retries to get a record.
@@ -119,14 +125,23 @@ public class PollingConfig implements RetrievalSpecificConfig {
      */
     private RecordsFetcherFactory recordsFetcherFactory = new SimpleRecordsFetcherFactory();
 
+    /**
+     * @Deprecated Use {@link PollingConfig#idleTimeBetweenReadsInMillis} instead
+     */
+    @Deprecated
+    public void setIdleTimeBetweenReadsInMillis(long idleTimeBetweenReadsInMillis) {
+        idleTimeBetweenReadsInMillis(idleTimeBetweenReadsInMillis);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Set the value for how long the ShardConsumer should sleep in between calls to
      * {@link KinesisAsyncClient#getRecords(GetRecordsRequest)}. If this is not specified here the value provided in
      * {@link RecordsFetcherFactory} will be used.
      */
-    public void setIdleTimeBetweenReadsInMillis(long idleTimeBetweenReadsInMillis) {
+    public PollingConfig idleTimeBetweenReadsInMillis(long idleTimeBetweenReadsInMillis) {
         usePollingConfigIdleTimeValue = true;
         this.idleTimeBetweenReadsInMillis = idleTimeBetweenReadsInMillis;
+        return this;
     }
 
     /**