diff --git a/qdrant_client/http/api_client.py b/qdrant_client/http/api_client.py
index 4c907c3cf..fda3596c8 100644
--- a/qdrant_client/http/api_client.py
+++ b/qdrant_client/http/api_client.py
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ async def request(  # noqa F811
         # in order to do a correct join, url join requires base_url to end with /, and url to not start with /,
         # since url is treated as an absolute path and might truncate prefix in base_url
         url = urljoin(host, url.format(**path_params))
+        if "params" in kwargs and "timeout" in kwargs["params"]:
+            kwargs["timeout"] = int(kwargs["params"]["timeout"])
         request = self._async_client.build_request(method, url, **kwargs)
         return await self.send(request, type_)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_qdrant_client.py b/tests/test_qdrant_client.py
index db7651203..41f313e9e 100644
--- a/tests/test_qdrant_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_qdrant_client.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from pprint import pprint
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 from time import sleep
+from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
@@ -1757,6 +1758,35 @@ def test_timeout_propagation():
     )
 
 
+def test_async_rest_timeout_propagation():
+    # Regression for #1325: async client dropped the per-call `timeout=`
+    # from kwargs before build_request, leaving callers bound by httpx's
+    # default 5s timeout. Sync ApiClient.request already promotes it.
+    from qdrant_client.http.api_client import AsyncApiClient
+    from unittest.mock import AsyncMock
+
+    captured: dict = {}
+
+    def _capture(method, url, **kwargs):
+        captured["kwargs"] = kwargs
+        return type("DummyRequest", (), {"headers": {}})()
+
+    async_client = AsyncApiClient(host="http://localhost:6333")
+    with patch.object(async_client._async_client, "build_request", _capture), \
+         patch.object(async_client, "send", new=AsyncMock()):
+        asyncio.run(
+            async_client.request(
+                type_=None,
+                method="GET",
+                url="/collections/{c}",
+                path_params={"c": "x"},
+                params={"timeout": "50"},
+            )
+        )
+
+    assert captured["kwargs"].get("timeout") == 50
+
+
 def test_grpc_options():
     client_version = importlib.metadata.version("qdrant-client")
     user_agent = f"python-client/{client_version}"