diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8bb200f0..32119987 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.14.2] - 2025-08-04
+### Fixed
+- added back Api attributes removed in a previous release, this should fix potential breaking changes introduced in 1.14.1;
+
 ## [1.14.1] - 2025-07-25
 ### Added
 - Session mechanism for significantly decrease number of an http load on data-api for apps with intensive calling 
diff --git a/docs/antora-playbook.yml b/docs/antora-playbook.yml
index 26c24511..ce83928a 100644
--- a/docs/antora-playbook.yml
+++ b/docs/antora-playbook.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ content:
       start_path: docs
       branches: []
 #      branches: HEAD  # Use this for local development
-      tags: [v1.14.1]
+      tags: [v1.14.2]
 asciidoc:
   attributes:
     page-toclevels: 5
diff --git a/docs/antora.yml b/docs/antora.yml
index da9cec15..90a9e6a7 100644
--- a/docs/antora.yml
+++ b/docs/antora.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 name: corva-sdk
-version: ~
+version: 1.14.2
 nav: [modules/ROOT/nav.adoc]
diff --git a/src/corva/api.py b/src/corva/api.py
index 333c19ba..a6ac7d79 100644
--- a/src/corva/api.py
+++ b/src/corva/api.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 from corva.api_utils import get_requests_session, get_retry_strategy
 from corva.configuration import SETTINGS
+from corva.logger import CORVA_LOGGER
 
 
 class Api:
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ class Api:
     convenient URL usage and reasonable timeouts to API requests.
     """
 
+    TIMEOUT_LIMITS = (3, 30)  # seconds
+
     def __init__(
         self,
         *,
@@ -24,20 +27,23 @@ def __init__(
         api_key: str,
         app_key: str,
         app_connection_id: Optional[int] = None,
-        max_retries: Optional[int] = 3,
+        max_retries: Optional[int] = 0,
         backoff_factor_retries: Optional[float] = 1,
         pool_conn_count: Optional[int] = None,
         pool_max_size: Optional[int] = None,
         pool_block: Optional[bool] = None,
+        timeout: Optional[int] = None,
     ):
         self.api_url = api_url
         self.data_api_url = data_api_url
         self.api_key = api_key
         self.app_key = app_key
         self.app_connection_id = app_connection_id
+        self.timeout = timeout or self.TIMEOUT_LIMITS[1]
+        self._max_retries = max_retries or SETTINGS.MAX_RETRY_COUNT
         self._session = get_requests_session(
             retry_strategy=get_retry_strategy(
-                max_retries=max_retries or SETTINGS.MAX_RETRY_COUNT,
+                max_retries=self._max_retries,
                 backoff_factor=backoff_factor_retries or SETTINGS.BACKOFF_FACTOR,
             ),
             pool_connections_count=(pool_conn_count or SETTINGS.POOL_CONNECTIONS_COUNT),
@@ -52,6 +58,22 @@ def default_headers(self):
             "X-Corva-App": self.app_key,
         }
 
+    @property
+    def max_retries(self) -> int:
+        return self._max_retries
+
+    @max_retries.setter
+    def max_retries(self, value: int):
+        """
+        max_retries are passed into Session object, so modifying it here won't have
+        any effect, raise warning and quit
+        """
+        CORVA_LOGGER.warning(
+            "Do not modify max_retries attribute in existing object, create new Api "
+            "object with your custom max_retries param or set MAX_RETRY_COUNT env "
+            "variable in your environment"
+        )
+
     def get(self, path: str, **kwargs):
         return self._request("GET", path, **kwargs)
 
@@ -113,6 +135,7 @@ def _execute_request(
         Returns:
             requests.Response instance.
         """
+        _timeout = timeout or self.timeout
 
         return self._session.request(
             method=method,
@@ -120,7 +143,7 @@ def _execute_request(
             params=params,
             json=data,
             headers=headers,
-            timeout=timeout,
+            timeout=_timeout,
         )
 
     def _request(
diff --git a/src/version.py b/src/version.py
index ffeef941..ed0a4700 100644
--- a/src/version.py
+++ b/src/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-VERSION = "1.14.1"
+VERSION = "1.14.2"