diff --git a/cps-application/src/main/resources/application.yml b/cps-application/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 094046c..e724ef4 100644
--- a/cps-application/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/cps-application/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -175,9 +175,9 @@
     dmi:
         httpclient:
             connectionTimeoutInSeconds: 30
-            maximumConnectionsPerRoute: 50
+            readTimeoutInSeconds: 30
+            writeTimeoutInSeconds: 30
             maximumConnectionsTotal: 100
-            idleConnectionEvictionThresholdInSeconds: 5
             maximumInMemorySizeInMegabytes: 16
         auth:
             username: ${DMI_USERNAME:cpsuser}
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/client/DmiRestClient.java b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/client/DmiRestClient.java
index 97ae677..ef48c43 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/client/DmiRestClient.java
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/client/DmiRestClient.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 import java.util.Locale;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
-import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.config.DmiWebClientConfiguration.DmiProperties;
+import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.config.DmiProperties;
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.exception.DmiClientRequestException;
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.exception.InvalidDmiResourceUrlException;
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.operations.OperationType;
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/config/DmiProperties.java b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/config/DmiProperties.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5453efe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/config/DmiProperties.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ *  Copyright (C) 2024 Nordix Foundation.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.config;
+
+import lombok.AccessLevel;
+import lombok.Getter;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+@Getter
+@Component
+public class DmiProperties {
+    @Value("${ncmp.dmi.auth.username}")
+    private String authUsername;
+    @Value("${ncmp.dmi.auth.password}")
+    private String authPassword;
+    @Getter(AccessLevel.NONE)
+    @Value("${ncmp.dmi.api.base-path}")
+    private String dmiBasePath;
+    @Value("${ncmp.dmi.auth.enabled}")
+    private boolean dmiBasicAuthEnabled;
+
+    /**
+     * Removes both leading and trailing slashes if they are present.
+     *
+     * @return dmi base path without any slashes ("/")
+     */
+    public String getDmiBasePath() {
+        if (dmiBasePath.startsWith("/")) {
+            dmiBasePath = dmiBasePath.substring(1);
+        }
+        if (dmiBasePath.endsWith("/")) {
+            dmiBasePath = dmiBasePath.substring(0, dmiBasePath.length() - 1);
+        }
+        return dmiBasePath;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/config/DmiWebClientConfiguration.java b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/config/DmiWebClientConfiguration.java
index 2127166..2e84f7f 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/config/DmiWebClientConfiguration.java
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/config/DmiWebClientConfiguration.java
@@ -24,15 +24,12 @@
 import io.netty.handler.timeout.ReadTimeoutHandler;
 import io.netty.handler.timeout.WriteTimeoutHandler;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.client.reactive.ReactorClientHttpConnector;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClient;
 import reactor.netty.http.client.HttpClient;
 import reactor.netty.resources.ConnectionProvider;
@@ -41,27 +38,7 @@
 @RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class DmiWebClientConfiguration {
 
-    @Value("${ncmp.dmi.httpclient.connectionTimeoutInSeconds:20000}")
-    private Integer connectionTimeoutInSeconds;
-
-    @Value("${ncmp.dmi.httpclient.maximumInMemorySizeInMegabytes:1}")
-    private Integer maximumInMemorySizeInMegabytes;
-
-    @Value("${ncmp.dmi.httpclient.maximumConnectionsTotal:100}")
-    private Integer maximumConnectionsTotal;
-
-    @Getter
-    @Component
-    public static class DmiProperties {
-        @Value("${ncmp.dmi.auth.username}")
-        private String authUsername;
-        @Value("${ncmp.dmi.auth.password}")
-        private String authPassword;
-        @Value("${ncmp.dmi.api.base-path}")
-        private String dmiBasePath;
-        @Value("${ncmp.dmi.auth.enabled}")
-        private boolean dmiBasicAuthEnabled;
-    }
+    private final HttpClientConfiguration httpClientConfiguration;
 
     /**
      * Configures and create a WebClient bean that triggers an initialization (warmup) of the host name resolver and
@@ -71,24 +48,23 @@
      */
     @Bean
     public WebClient webClient() {
-
-        final ConnectionProvider dmiWebClientConnectionProvider
-                = ConnectionProvider.create("dmiWebClientConnectionPool", maximumConnectionsTotal);
+        final ConnectionProvider dmiWebClientConnectionProvider = ConnectionProvider.create(
+                "dmiWebClientConnectionPool", httpClientConfiguration.getMaximumConnectionsTotal());
 
         final HttpClient httpClient = HttpClient.create(dmiWebClientConnectionProvider)
-                .option(ChannelOption.CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS, connectionTimeoutInSeconds * 1000)
-                .doOnConnected(connection ->
-                        connection
-                                .addHandlerLast(new ReadTimeoutHandler(connectionTimeoutInSeconds, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
-                                .addHandlerLast(new WriteTimeoutHandler(connectionTimeoutInSeconds, TimeUnit.SECONDS)));
+                .option(ChannelOption.CONNECT_TIMEOUT_MILLIS,
+                        httpClientConfiguration.getConnectionTimeoutInSeconds() * 1000)
+                .doOnConnected(connection -> connection.addHandlerLast(new ReadTimeoutHandler(
+                                httpClientConfiguration.getReadTimeoutInSeconds(), TimeUnit.SECONDS))
+                        .addHandlerLast(new WriteTimeoutHandler(
+                                httpClientConfiguration.getWriteTimeoutInSeconds(), TimeUnit.SECONDS)));
         httpClient.warmup().block();
         return WebClient.builder()
                 .defaultHeaders(header -> header.set(HttpHeaders.CONTENT_TYPE, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE))
                 .defaultHeaders(header -> header.set(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE))
                 .clientConnector(new ReactorClientHttpConnector(httpClient))
-                .codecs(configurer -> configurer
-                        .defaultCodecs()
-                        .maxInMemorySize(maximumInMemorySizeInMegabytes * 1024 * 1024))
+                .codecs(configurer -> configurer.defaultCodecs().maxInMemorySize(
+                        httpClientConfiguration.getMaximumInMemorySizeInMegabytes() * 1024 * 1024))
                 .build();
     }
 }
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/config/HttpClientConfiguration.java b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/config/HttpClientConfiguration.java
index d547e31..d2521d9 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/config/HttpClientConfiguration.java
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/config/HttpClientConfiguration.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
+ *  Copyright (C) 2023-2024 Nordix Foundation.
  * ================================================================================
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -20,38 +20,19 @@
 
 package org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.config;
 
-import java.time.Duration;
-import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.Setter;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
-import org.springframework.boot.convert.DurationUnit;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 @Getter
 @Setter
-@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "ncmp.dmi.httpclient", ignoreUnknownFields = true)
+@Component
+@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "ncmp.dmi.httpclient")
 public class HttpClientConfiguration {
-
-    /**
-     * The maximum time to establish a connection.
-     */
-    @DurationUnit(ChronoUnit.SECONDS)
-    private Duration connectionTimeoutInSeconds = Duration.ofSeconds(180);
-
-    /**
-     * The maximum number of open connections per route.
-     */
-    private int maximumConnectionsPerRoute = 50;
-
-    /**
-     * The maximum total number of open connections.
-     */
-    private int maximumConnectionsTotal = maximumConnectionsPerRoute * 2;
-
-    /**
-     * The duration after which idle connections are evicted.
-     */
-    @DurationUnit(ChronoUnit.SECONDS)
-    private Duration idleConnectionEvictionThresholdInSeconds = Duration.ofSeconds(5);
-
+    private Integer maximumConnectionsTotal = 100;
+    private Integer connectionTimeoutInSeconds = 30;
+    private Integer readTimeoutInSeconds = 30;
+    private Integer writeTimeoutInSeconds = 30;
+    private Integer maximumInMemorySizeInMegabytes = 1;
 }
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiDataOperations.java b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiDataOperations.java
index c9e193d..1e92bfe 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiDataOperations.java
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiDataOperations.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.NcmpResponseStatus;
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.client.DmiRestClient;
-import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.config.DmiWebClientConfiguration.DmiProperties;
+import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.config.DmiProperties;
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.exception.DmiClientRequestException;
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.inventory.CmHandleState;
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.inventory.InventoryPersistence;
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiModelOperations.java b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiModelOperations.java
index 2a9248a..d54dcb8 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiModelOperations.java
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiModelOperations.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.client.DmiRestClient;
-import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.config.DmiWebClientConfiguration.DmiProperties;
+import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.config.DmiProperties;
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.inventory.InventoryPersistence;
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.utils.DmiServiceUrlBuilder;
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.yangmodels.YangModelCmHandle;
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiOperations.java b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiOperations.java
index f4166d4..c195ab3 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiOperations.java
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiOperations.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.client.DmiRestClient;
-import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.config.DmiWebClientConfiguration.DmiProperties;
+import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.config.DmiProperties;
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.inventory.InventoryPersistence;
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.utils.DmiServiceUrlBuilder;
 import org.onap.cps.utils.JsonObjectMapper;
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/utils/DmiServiceUrlBuilder.java b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/utils/DmiServiceUrlBuilder.java
index ac6d093..9234d3c 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/utils/DmiServiceUrlBuilder.java
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/main/java/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/utils/DmiServiceUrlBuilder.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.util.Strings;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.util.TriConsumer;
-import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.config.DmiWebClientConfiguration.DmiProperties;
+import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.config.DmiProperties;
 import org.onap.cps.spi.utils.CpsValidator;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/client/DmiRestClientSpec.groovy b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/client/DmiRestClientSpec.groovy
index 547d08a..d2dce06 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/client/DmiRestClientSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/client/DmiRestClientSpec.groovy
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono
 import spock.lang.Specification
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClientResponseException
+import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.config.DmiProperties
 
 @SpringBootTest
-@ContextConfiguration(classes = [DmiWebClientConfiguration, DmiRestClient, ObjectMapper])
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = [DmiProperties, DmiRestClient, ObjectMapper])
 class DmiRestClientSpec extends Specification {
 
     static final NO_AUTH_HEADER = null
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@
     static final BEARER_AUTH_HEADER = 'Bearer my-bearer-token'
 
     @Autowired
-    DmiWebClientConfiguration.DmiProperties dmiProperties
+    DmiProperties dmiProperties
 
     @Autowired
     DmiRestClient objectUnderTest
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/config/DmiWebClientConfigurationSpec.groovy b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/config/DmiWebClientConfigurationSpec.groovy
index 6a73089..ee7ab3f 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/config/DmiWebClientConfigurationSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/config/DmiWebClientConfigurationSpec.groovy
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 package org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.config
 
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration
 import org.springframework.test.context.TestPropertySource
@@ -28,30 +28,18 @@
 import spock.lang.Specification
 
 @SpringBootTest
-@ContextConfiguration(classes = [DmiWebClientConfiguration.DmiProperties])
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = [HttpClientConfiguration])
 @TestPropertySource(properties = ['ncmp.dmi.httpclient.connectionTimeoutInSeconds=1', 'ncmp.dmi.httpclient.maximumInMemorySizeInMegabytes=1'])
+@EnableConfigurationProperties
 class DmiWebClientConfigurationSpec extends Specification {
 
-    @Autowired
-    DmiWebClientConfiguration.DmiProperties dmiProperties
+    def httpClientConfiguration = Spy(HttpClientConfiguration.class)
 
-    def objectUnderTest = new DmiWebClientConfiguration()
-
-    def setup() {
-        objectUnderTest.connectionTimeoutInSeconds = 10
-        objectUnderTest.maximumInMemorySizeInMegabytes = 1
-        objectUnderTest.maximumConnectionsTotal = 2
-    }
-
-    def 'DMI Properties.'() {
-        expect: 'properties are set to values in test configuration yaml file'
-            dmiProperties.authUsername == 'some-user'
-            dmiProperties.authPassword == 'some-password'
-    }
+    def objectUnderTest = new DmiWebClientConfiguration(httpClientConfiguration)
 
     def 'Web Client Configuration construction.'() {
         expect: 'the system can create an instance'
-            new DmiWebClientConfiguration() != null
+            new DmiWebClientConfiguration(httpClientConfiguration) != null
     }
 
     def 'Creating a WebClient instance.'() {
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/config/HttpClientConfigurationSpec.groovy b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/config/HttpClientConfigurationSpec.groovy
index 2c76b5b..4ede360 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/config/HttpClientConfigurationSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/config/HttpClientConfigurationSpec.groovy
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*-
  * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
- *  Copyright (C) 2023 Nordix Foundation.
+ *  Copyright (C) 2023-2024 Nordix Foundation.
  * ================================================================================
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,32 +17,31 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
  */
+
 package org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.config
 
-import java.time.Duration
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration
 import org.springframework.test.context.TestPropertySource
-import org.springframework.test.context.support.AnnotationConfigContextLoader
 import spock.lang.Specification
 
 @SpringBootTest
 @ContextConfiguration(classes = [HttpClientConfiguration])
 @EnableConfigurationProperties(HttpClientConfiguration.class)
-@TestPropertySource(properties = ["ncmp.dmi.httpclient.connectionTimeoutInSeconds=1", "ncmp.dmi.httpclient.maximumConnectionsTotal=200"])
+@TestPropertySource(properties = ["ncmp.dmi.httpclient.readTimeoutInSeconds=123", "ncmp.dmi.httpclient.maximumConnectionsTotal=200"])
 class HttpClientConfigurationSpec extends Specification {
 
     @Autowired
     private HttpClientConfiguration httpClientConfiguration
 
     def 'Test HttpClientConfiguration properties with custom and default values'() {
-        expect: 'custom property values'
-        assert httpClientConfiguration.getConnectionTimeoutInSeconds() == Duration.ofSeconds(1)
-        assert httpClientConfiguration.getMaximumConnectionsTotal() == 200
-        and: 'default property values'
-        assert httpClientConfiguration.getMaximumConnectionsPerRoute() == 50
-        assert httpClientConfiguration.getIdleConnectionEvictionThresholdInSeconds() == Duration.ofSeconds(5)
+        expect: 'properties are populated correctly'
+            assert httpClientConfiguration.connectionTimeoutInSeconds == 123
+            assert httpClientConfiguration.readTimeoutInSeconds == 123
+            assert httpClientConfiguration.writeTimeoutInSeconds == 30
+            assert httpClientConfiguration.maximumConnectionsTotal == 200
+            assert httpClientConfiguration.maximumInMemorySizeInMegabytes == 16
     }
 }
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiDataOperationsSpec.groovy b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiDataOperationsSpec.groovy
index 8fcdc3f..d04052f 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiDataOperationsSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiDataOperationsSpec.groovy
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import org.onap.cps.events.EventsPublisher
-import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.config.DmiWebClientConfiguration
+import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.config.DmiProperties
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.exception.DmiClientRequestException
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.utils.DmiServiceUrlBuilder
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.utils.context.CpsApplicationContext
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 import spock.lang.Shared
 
 @SpringBootTest
-@ContextConfiguration(classes = [EventsPublisher, CpsApplicationContext, DmiWebClientConfiguration.DmiProperties, DmiDataOperations])
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = [EventsPublisher, CpsApplicationContext, DmiProperties, DmiDataOperations])
 class DmiDataOperationsSpec extends DmiOperationsBaseSpec {
 
     @SpringBean
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiModelOperationsSpec.groovy b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiModelOperationsSpec.groovy
index ae9c174..88af047 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiModelOperationsSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiModelOperationsSpec.groovy
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
-import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.config.DmiWebClientConfiguration
+import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.config.DmiProperties
 import org.onap.cps.spi.model.ModuleReference
 import org.onap.cps.utils.JsonObjectMapper
 import org.spockframework.spring.SpringBean
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 import static org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.operations.OperationType.READ
 
 @SpringBootTest
-@ContextConfiguration(classes = [DmiWebClientConfiguration.DmiProperties, DmiModelOperations])
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = [DmiProperties, DmiModelOperations])
 class DmiModelOperationsSpec extends DmiOperationsBaseSpec {
 
     @Shared
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiOperationsBaseSpec.groovy b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiOperationsBaseSpec.groovy
index 042cb4a..3518440 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiOperationsBaseSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/operations/DmiOperationsBaseSpec.groovy
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.client.DmiRestClient
-import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.config.DmiWebClientConfiguration
+import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.config.DmiProperties
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.yangmodels.YangModelCmHandle
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.utils.DmiServiceUrlBuilder
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.inventory.CmHandleState
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     ObjectMapper spyObjectMapper = Spy()
 
     @SpringBean
-    DmiServiceUrlBuilder dmiServiceUrlBuilder = new DmiServiceUrlBuilder(new DmiWebClientConfiguration.DmiProperties(), mockCpsValidator)
+    DmiServiceUrlBuilder dmiServiceUrlBuilder = new DmiServiceUrlBuilder(new DmiProperties(), mockCpsValidator)
 
     def yangModelCmHandle = new YangModelCmHandle()
     def static dmiServiceName = 'some service name'
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/utils/DmiServiceUrlBuilderSpec.groovy b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/utils/DmiServiceUrlBuilderSpec.groovy
index 86baca6..2c7fa65 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/utils/DmiServiceUrlBuilderSpec.groovy
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/groovy/org/onap/cps/ncmp/api/impl/utils/DmiServiceUrlBuilderSpec.groovy
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 import static org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.operations.DatastoreType.PASSTHROUGH_RUNNING
 
-import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.config.DmiWebClientConfiguration
+import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.config.DmiProperties
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.operations.RequiredDmiService
 import org.onap.cps.spi.utils.CpsValidator
 import org.onap.cps.ncmp.api.impl.yangmodels.YangModelCmHandle
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     static YangModelCmHandle yangModelCmHandle = YangModelCmHandle.toYangModelCmHandle('dmiServiceName',
         'dmiDataServiceName', 'dmiModuleServiceName', new NcmpServiceCmHandle(cmHandleId: 'some-cm-handle-id'),'my-module-set-tag', 'my-alternate-id', 'my-data-producer-identifier')
 
-    DmiWebClientConfiguration.DmiProperties dmiProperties = new DmiWebClientConfiguration.DmiProperties()
+    DmiProperties dmiProperties = new DmiProperties()
 
     def mockCpsValidator = Mock(CpsValidator)
 
@@ -74,9 +74,10 @@
         then: 'the created dmi service url matches the expected'
             assert dmiServiceUrl == expectedDmiServiceUrl
         where: 'the following parameters are used'
-            scenario               | decription                                | dmiBasePath || expectedDmiServiceUrl
-            'with base path  / '   | 'Invalid base path as it starts with /'   | '/dmi'      || 'dmiServiceName//dmi/v1/ch/cmHandle/data/ds/ncmp-datastore:passthrough-running'
-            'without base path / ' | 'Valid path as it does not starts with /' | 'dmi'       || 'dmiServiceName/dmi/v1/ch/cmHandle/data/ds/ncmp-datastore:passthrough-running'
+            scenario                   | decription                          | dmiBasePath || expectedDmiServiceUrl
+            'base path starts with  /' | 'Remove / from start of base path'  | '/dmi'      || 'dmiServiceName/dmi/v1/ch/cmHandle/data/ds/ncmp-datastore:passthrough-running'
+            'base path ends with / '   | 'Remove / from end of base path'    | 'dmi/'      || 'dmiServiceName/dmi/v1/ch/cmHandle/data/ds/ncmp-datastore:passthrough-running'
+            'base path without any / ' | 'base path does not contains any /' | 'dmi'       || 'dmiServiceName/dmi/v1/ch/cmHandle/data/ds/ncmp-datastore:passthrough-running'
     }
 
     def 'Bath request Url creation.'() {
diff --git a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/resources/application.yml b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/resources/application.yml
index cc620b8..2a93f40 100644
--- a/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/resources/application.yml
+++ b/cps-ncmp-service/src/test/resources/application.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 ncmp:
     dmi:
         httpclient:
-            connectionTimeoutInSeconds: 180
+            connectionTimeoutInSeconds: 123
             maximumInMemorySizeInMegabytes: 16
         auth:
             username: some-user