diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9b1fbbe..336ddc3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.github.mihaicostin</groupId>
     <artifactId>hibernate-l2-memcached</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0</version>
+    <version>4.3.11.0</version>
     <name>hibernate-l2-memcached</name>
     <description>A library for using Memcached as a second level distributed cache in Hibernate.</description>
     <url>https://github.com/mihaicostin/hibernate-l2-memcached</url>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/MemcachedRegionFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/MemcachedRegionFactory.java
index 1a805b4..d9d9c4a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/MemcachedRegionFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/MemcachedRegionFactory.java
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ public long nextTimestamp() {
     }
 
     public EntityRegion buildEntityRegion(String regionName, Properties properties, CacheDataDescription metadata) throws CacheException {
-        return new MemcachedEntityRegion(getCache(regionName), settings,
-                metadata, properties, client);
+        return new MemcachedEntityRegion(getCache(regionName), settings, metadata, properties, client);
     }
 
     public NaturalIdRegion buildNaturalIdRegion(String regionName, Properties properties, CacheDataDescription metadata) throws CacheException {
@@ -96,11 +95,11 @@ public CollectionRegion buildCollectionRegion(String regionName, Properties prop
     }
 
     public QueryResultsRegion buildQueryResultsRegion(String regionName, Properties properties) throws CacheException {
-        return new MemcachedQueryResultsRegion(getCache(regionName));
+        return new MemcachedQueryResultsRegion(getCache(regionName), properties);
     }
 
     public TimestampsRegion buildTimestampsRegion(String regionName, Properties properties) throws CacheException {
-        return new MemcachedTimestampsRegion(getCache(regionName));
+        return new MemcachedTimestampsRegion(getCache(regionName), properties);
     }
 
     protected MemcacheClientFactory getMemcachedClientFactory(Config config) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/AbstractMemcachedRegion.java b/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/AbstractMemcachedRegion.java
index 0510064..79f3e15 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/AbstractMemcachedRegion.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/AbstractMemcachedRegion.java
@@ -21,13 +21,19 @@
 
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 public abstract class AbstractMemcachedRegion implements Region {
 
+    private static final int DEFAULT_CACHE_LOCK_TIMEOUT = 60000;
+    private final int lockTimeout;
+
     protected MemcachedCache cache;
 
-    AbstractMemcachedRegion(MemcachedCache cache) {
+    AbstractMemcachedRegion(MemcachedCache cache, Properties properties) {
         this.cache = cache;
+        String property = properties.getProperty("hibernate.memcached.cacheLockTimeout", String.valueOf(DEFAULT_CACHE_LOCK_TIMEOUT));
+        this.lockTimeout = Integer.decode(property);
     }
 
     public String getName() {
@@ -73,7 +79,7 @@ public long nextTimestamp() {
      * @return timeout in ms
      */
     public int getTimeout() {
-        return cache.getTimeoutSeconds() * 1000;
+        return lockTimeout;
     }
 
     public MemcachedCache getCache() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/MemcachedCollectionRegion.java b/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/MemcachedCollectionRegion.java
index eae23da..be6217f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/MemcachedCollectionRegion.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/MemcachedCollectionRegion.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class MemcachedCollectionRegion extends AbstractMemcachedRegion implement
     private final Settings settings;
 
     public MemcachedCollectionRegion(MemcachedCache cache, Settings settings, CacheDataDescription metadata, Properties properties, Memcache client) {
-        super(cache);
+        super(cache, properties);
         this.metadata = metadata;
         this.settings = settings;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/MemcachedEntityRegion.java b/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/MemcachedEntityRegion.java
index 03437b9..f029456 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/MemcachedEntityRegion.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/MemcachedEntityRegion.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class MemcachedEntityRegion extends AbstractMemcachedRegion implements En
     private final Settings settings;
 
     public MemcachedEntityRegion(MemcachedCache cache, Settings settings, CacheDataDescription metadata, Properties properties, Memcache client) {
-        super(cache);
+        super(cache, properties);
         this.metadata = metadata;
         this.settings = settings;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/MemcachedNaturalIdRegion.java b/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/MemcachedNaturalIdRegion.java
index 39dfcc0..fe77dc2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/MemcachedNaturalIdRegion.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/MemcachedNaturalIdRegion.java
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class MemcachedNaturalIdRegion extends AbstractMemcachedRegion implements
     private final Settings settings;
 
     public MemcachedNaturalIdRegion(MemcachedCache cache, Settings settings, CacheDataDescription metadata, Properties properties, Memcache client) {
-        super(cache);
+        super(cache, properties);
         this.metadata = metadata;
         this.settings = settings;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/MemcachedQueryResultsRegion.java b/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/MemcachedQueryResultsRegion.java
index 8d03ab8..cd966de 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/MemcachedQueryResultsRegion.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/MemcachedQueryResultsRegion.java
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@
 
 import com.mc.hibernate.memcached.MemcachedCache;
 
+import java.util.Properties;
+
 public class MemcachedQueryResultsRegion extends AbstractMemcachedRegion implements QueryResultsRegion {
 
     private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MemcachedQueryResultsRegion.class);
 
-    public MemcachedQueryResultsRegion(MemcachedCache cache) {
-        super(cache);
+    public MemcachedQueryResultsRegion(MemcachedCache cache, Properties properties) {
+        super(cache, properties);
     }
 
     public Object get(Object key) throws CacheException {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/MemcachedTimestampsRegion.java b/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/MemcachedTimestampsRegion.java
index db789cc..ca14e98 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/MemcachedTimestampsRegion.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/mc/hibernate/memcached/region/MemcachedTimestampsRegion.java
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@
 
 import com.mc.hibernate.memcached.MemcachedCache;
 
+import java.util.Properties;
+
 public class MemcachedTimestampsRegion extends AbstractMemcachedRegion implements TimestampsRegion {
 
     private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MemcachedTimestampsRegion.class);
 
-    public MemcachedTimestampsRegion(MemcachedCache cache) {
-        super(cache);
+    public MemcachedTimestampsRegion(MemcachedCache cache, Properties properties) {
+        super(cache, properties);
     }
 
     public Object get(Object key) throws CacheException {