diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/chat_models/baidu_qianfan_endpoint.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/chat_models/baidu_qianfan_endpoint.py
index 801364c4df..aa80fd7fe0 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/chat_models/baidu_qianfan_endpoint.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/chat_models/baidu_qianfan_endpoint.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class QianfanChatEndpoint(BaseChatModel):
     streaming: Optional[bool] = False
     """Whether to stream the results or not."""
 
-    request_timeout: Optional[int] = 60
+    request_timeout: Optional[int] = Field(60, alias="timeout")
     """request timeout for chat http requests"""
 
     top_p: Optional[float] = 0.8
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ class QianfanChatEndpoint(BaseChatModel):
     endpoint: Optional[str] = None
     """Endpoint of the Qianfan LLM, required if custom model used."""
 
+    class Config:
+        """Configuration for this pydantic object."""
+
+        allow_population_by_field_name = True
+
     @root_validator()
     def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
         values["qianfan_ak"] = convert_to_secret_str(
diff --git a/libs/community/tests/integration_tests/chat_models/test_qianfan_endpoint.py b/libs/community/tests/integration_tests/chat_models/test_qianfan_endpoint.py
index afe2811211..407f0cd67e 100644
--- a/libs/community/tests/integration_tests/chat_models/test_qianfan_endpoint.py
+++ b/libs/community/tests/integration_tests/chat_models/test_qianfan_endpoint.py
@@ -86,6 +86,17 @@ _FUNCTIONS: Any = [
 ]
 
 
+def test_initialization() -> None:
+    """Test chat model initialization."""
+
+    for model in [
+        QianfanChatEndpoint(model="BLOOMZ-7B", timeout=40),
+        QianfanChatEndpoint(model="BLOOMZ-7B", request_timeout=40),
+    ]:
+        assert model.model == "BLOOMZ-7B"
+        assert model.request_timeout == 40
+
+
 def test_default_call() -> None:
     """Test default model(`ERNIE-Bot`) call."""
     chat = QianfanChatEndpoint()