diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/StdInSource.java b/data-prepper-plugins/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/StdInSource.java
index bac92a988a..266bf617bb 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/StdInSource.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/StdInSource.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.annotations.DataPrepperPlugin;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.buffer.Buffer;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.configuration.PipelineDescription;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.configuration.PluginSetting;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.Event;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.JacksonEvent;
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@
  * A simple source which reads data from console each line at a time. It exits when it reads case insensitive "exit"
  * from console or if Pipeline notifies to stop.
  */
-@DataPrepperPlugin(name = "stdin", pluginType = Source.class)
+@DataPrepperPlugin(name = "stdin", pluginType = Source.class, pluginConfigurationType = StdInSourceConfig.class)
 public class StdInSource implements Source<Record<Event>> {
     private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StdInSource.class);
     private static final String ATTRIBUTE_TIMEOUT = "write_timeout";
@@ -37,16 +38,15 @@ public class StdInSource implements Source<Record<Event>> {
 
     /**
      * Mandatory constructor for Data Prepper Component - This constructor is used by Data Prepper
-     * runtime engine to construct an instance of {@link StdInSource} using an instance of {@link PluginSetting} which
-     * has access to pluginSetting metadata from pipeline
-     * pluginSetting file.
+     * runtime engine to construct an instance of {@link StdInSource} using an instance of {@link StdInSourceConfig}
      *
-     * @param pluginSetting instance with metadata information from pipeline pluginSetting file.
+     * @param stdInSourceConfig The configuration instance for {@link StdInSource}
+     * @param pipelineDescription The pipeline description which has access to pipeline Name
      */
-    public StdInSource(final PluginSetting pluginSetting) {
-        this(checkNotNull(pluginSetting, "PluginSetting cannot be null")
-                        .getIntegerOrDefault(ATTRIBUTE_TIMEOUT, WRITE_TIMEOUT),
-                pluginSetting.getPipelineName());
+    public StdInSource(final StdInSourceConfig stdInSourceConfig, final PipelineDescription pipelineDescription) {
+        this(checkNotNull(stdInSourceConfig, "StdInSourceConfig cannot be null")
+                        .getWriteTimeout(),
+                pipelineDescription.getPipelineName());
     }
 
     public StdInSource(final int writeTimeout, final String pipelineName) {
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/StdInSourceConfig.java b/data-prepper-plugins/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/StdInSourceConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66ce3a17c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/common/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/StdInSourceConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+package org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.source;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+
+public class StdInSourceConfig {
+    private static final int WRITE_TIMEOUT = 5_000;
+
+    @JsonProperty("write_timeout")
+    private int writeTimeout = WRITE_TIMEOUT;
+
+    public int getWriteTimeout() {
+        return writeTimeout;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/common/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/StdInSourceTests.java b/data-prepper-plugins/common/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/StdInSourceTests.java
index d4a42751ad..9be66321a0 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/common/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/StdInSourceTests.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/common/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/StdInSourceTests.java
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.source;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.CheckpointState;
+import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.configuration.PipelineDescription;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.configuration.PluginSetting;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.event.Event;
 import org.opensearch.dataprepper.model.record.Record;
@@ -18,6 +21,7 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Queue;
@@ -27,6 +31,8 @@
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 class StdInSourceTests {
     private static final String SOURCE_CONTENT = "THIS IS A TEST\nexit";
@@ -56,10 +62,15 @@ void testStdInSourceCreationUsingParameters() {
     }
 
     @Test
-    void testStdInSourceCreationUsingPluginSetting() {
-        final PluginSetting pluginSetting = new PluginSetting("stdin", null);
-        pluginSetting.setPipelineName(TEST_PIPELINE_NAME);
-        final StdInSource stdInSource = new StdInSource(pluginSetting);
+    void testStdInSourceCreationUsingStdInSourceConfig() throws JsonProcessingException {
+        final HashMap<String, Object> configMap = new HashMap<>();
+        configMap.put("write_timeout", 5_000);
+        ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        String json = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(configMap);
+        StdInSourceConfig stdInSourceConfig = objectMapper.readValue(json, StdInSourceConfig.class);
+        PipelineDescription pipelineDescription = mock(PipelineDescription.class);
+        when(pipelineDescription.getPipelineName()).thenReturn(TEST_PIPELINE_NAME);
+        final StdInSource stdInSource = new StdInSource(stdInSourceConfig, pipelineDescription);
         assertThat(stdInSource, notNullValue());
     }
 
@@ -74,10 +85,11 @@ void testStdInSourceCreationWithNullPipelineName() {
 
     @Test
     void testStdInSourceCreationWithNullPluginSetting() {
+        PipelineDescription pipelineDescription = mock(PipelineDescription.class);
         try {
-            new StdInSource(null);
+            new StdInSource(null, pipelineDescription);
         } catch (NullPointerException ex) {
-            assertThat(ex.getMessage(), is(equalTo("PluginSetting cannot be null")));
+            assertThat(ex.getMessage(), is(equalTo("StdInSourceConfig cannot be null")));
         }
     }