diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.zwavejs/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/zwavejs/internal/api/dto/MetadataType.java b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.zwavejs/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/zwavejs/internal/api/dto/MetadataType.java
index 5815da059c3b2..640cea57b231c 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.zwavejs/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/zwavejs/internal/api/dto/MetadataType.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.zwavejs/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/zwavejs/internal/api/dto/MetadataType.java
@@ -33,5 +33,7 @@ public enum MetadataType {
     @SerializedName("number")
     NUMBER,
     @SerializedName("boolean")
-    BOOLEAN
+    BOOLEAN,
+    @SerializedName("timeout")
+    TIMEOUT
 }
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.zwavejs/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/zwavejs/internal/conversion/BaseMetadata.java b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.zwavejs/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/zwavejs/internal/conversion/BaseMetadata.java
index 7697f3ebed93c..32d32ffcac643 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.zwavejs/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/zwavejs/internal/conversion/BaseMetadata.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.zwavejs/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/zwavejs/internal/conversion/BaseMetadata.java
@@ -420,8 +420,6 @@ protected MetadataType correctedType(MetadataType type, @Nullable Object value,
         switch (type) {
             case ANY:
                 return determineTypeFromValue(value, commandClass);
-            case DURATION:
-                return MetadataType.NUMBER;
             case NUMBER:
                 if (COMMAND_CLASS_ALARM == commandClass && optionList != null && optionList.size() == 2) {
                     return MetadataType.BOOLEAN;
@@ -486,6 +484,9 @@ protected String itemTypeFromMetadata(MetadataType type, @Nullable Object value,
         type = correctedType(type, value, commandClass, optionList);
 
         switch (type) {
+            case DURATION:
+            case TIMEOUT:
+                return CoreItemFactory.NUMBER + ":Time";
             case NUMBER:
                 Unit<?> unit = this.unit;
                 if (unit != null) {
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.zwavejs/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/zwavejs/internal/conversion/ConfigMetadata.java b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.zwavejs/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/zwavejs/internal/conversion/ConfigMetadata.java
index 554856bb95a5f..fc34264c7321d 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.zwavejs/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/zwavejs/internal/conversion/ConfigMetadata.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.zwavejs/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/zwavejs/internal/conversion/ConfigMetadata.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public ConfigMetadata(int nodeId, Event data) {
     private Type configTypeFromMetadata(MetadataType type, Object value, int commandClass) {
         type = correctedType(type, value, commandClass, null);
         switch (type) {
+            case TIMEOUT:
             case NUMBER:
                 return Type.INTEGER;
             // Might be future cases that require DECIMAL, might depend on scale?