diff --git a/pkg/apis/gloo/gloo/v1/types.go b/pkg/apis/gloo/gloo/v1/types.go
index 3593614c3..d181972d0 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/gloo/gloo/v1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/gloo/gloo/v1/types.go
@@ -91,23 +91,23 @@ type CircuitBreakerConfig struct {
 
 type ConnectionConfig struct {
 	MaxRequestsPerConnection      uint32                                `json:"maxRequestsPerConnection,omitempty"`
-	ConnectTimeout                *Duration                             `json:"connectTimeout,omitempty"`
+	ConnectTimeout                string                                `json:"connectTimeout,omitempty"`
 	TcpKeepalive                  *ConnectionConfig_TcpKeepAlive        `json:"tcpKeepalive,omitempty"`
 	PerConnectionBufferLimitBytes uint32                                `json:"perConnectionBufferLimitBytes,omitempty"`
 	CommonHttpProtocolOptions     *ConnectionConfig_HttpProtocolOptions `json:"commonHttpProtocolOptions,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type ConnectionConfig_TcpKeepAlive struct {
-	KeepaliveProbes   uint32    `json:"keepaliveProbes,omitempty"`
-	KeepaliveTime     *Duration `json:"keepaliveTime,omitempty"`
-	KeepaliveInterval *Duration `json:"keepaliveInterval,omitempty"`
+	KeepaliveProbes   uint32 `json:"keepaliveProbes,omitempty"`
+	KeepaliveTime     string `json:"keepaliveTime,omitempty"`
+	KeepaliveInterval string `json:"keepaliveInterval,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type ConnectionConfig_HttpProtocolOptions struct {
-	IdleTimeout                  *Duration `json:"idleTimeout,omitempty"`
-	MaxHeadersCount              uint32    `json:"maxHeadersCount,omitempty"`
-	MaxStreamDuration            *Duration `json:"maxStreamDuration,omitempty"`
-	HeadersWithUnderscoresAction uint32    `json:"headersWithUnderscoresAction,omitempty"`
+	IdleTimeout                  string `json:"idleTimeout,omitempty"`
+	MaxHeadersCount              uint32 `json:"maxHeadersCount,omitempty"`
+	MaxStreamDuration            string `json:"maxStreamDuration,omitempty"`
+	HeadersWithUnderscoresAction uint32 `json:"headersWithUnderscoresAction,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type LoadBalancerConfig struct {
@@ -130,11 +130,6 @@ type SlowStartConfig struct {
 	MinWeightPercent float64 `json:"minWeightPercent,omitempty"`
 }
 
-type Duration struct {
-	Seconds int64 `json:"seconds,omitempty"`
-	Nanos   int32 `json:"nanos,omitempty"`
-}
-
 // +k8s:deepcopy-gen:interfaces=k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime.Object
 
 // UpstreamList is a list of Upstream resources
diff --git a/pkg/apis/gloo/gloo/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/gloo/gloo/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index d21a30601..9a5d75865 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/gloo/gloo/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/gloo/gloo/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -82,20 +82,15 @@ func (in *CircuitBreakerConfig) DeepCopy() *CircuitBreakerConfig {
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *ConnectionConfig) DeepCopyInto(out *ConnectionConfig) {
 	*out = *in
-	if in.ConnectTimeout != nil {
-		in, out := &in.ConnectTimeout, &out.ConnectTimeout
-		*out = new(Duration)
-		**out = **in
-	}
 	if in.TcpKeepalive != nil {
 		in, out := &in.TcpKeepalive, &out.TcpKeepalive
 		*out = new(ConnectionConfig_TcpKeepAlive)
-		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+		**out = **in
 	}
 	if in.CommonHttpProtocolOptions != nil {
 		in, out := &in.CommonHttpProtocolOptions, &out.CommonHttpProtocolOptions
 		*out = new(ConnectionConfig_HttpProtocolOptions)
-		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+		**out = **in
 	}
 	return
 }
@@ -113,16 +108,6 @@ func (in *ConnectionConfig) DeepCopy() *ConnectionConfig {
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *ConnectionConfig_HttpProtocolOptions) DeepCopyInto(out *ConnectionConfig_HttpProtocolOptions) {
 	*out = *in
-	if in.IdleTimeout != nil {
-		in, out := &in.IdleTimeout, &out.IdleTimeout
-		*out = new(Duration)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.MaxStreamDuration != nil {
-		in, out := &in.MaxStreamDuration, &out.MaxStreamDuration
-		*out = new(Duration)
-		**out = **in
-	}
 	return
 }
 
@@ -139,16 +124,6 @@ func (in *ConnectionConfig_HttpProtocolOptions) DeepCopy() *ConnectionConfig_Htt
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *ConnectionConfig_TcpKeepAlive) DeepCopyInto(out *ConnectionConfig_TcpKeepAlive) {
 	*out = *in
-	if in.KeepaliveTime != nil {
-		in, out := &in.KeepaliveTime, &out.KeepaliveTime
-		*out = new(Duration)
-		**out = **in
-	}
-	if in.KeepaliveInterval != nil {
-		in, out := &in.KeepaliveInterval, &out.KeepaliveInterval
-		*out = new(Duration)
-		**out = **in
-	}
 	return
 }
 
@@ -162,22 +137,6 @@ func (in *ConnectionConfig_TcpKeepAlive) DeepCopy() *ConnectionConfig_TcpKeepAli
 	return out
 }
 
-// DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
-func (in *Duration) DeepCopyInto(out *Duration) {
-	*out = *in
-	return
-}
-
-// DeepCopy is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, creating a new Duration.
-func (in *Duration) DeepCopy() *Duration {
-	if in == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	out := new(Duration)
-	in.DeepCopyInto(out)
-	return out
-}
-
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *KubeUpstream) DeepCopyInto(out *KubeUpstream) {
 	*out = *in
diff --git a/test/gloo/test-canary.sh b/test/gloo/test-canary.sh
index ba14569d2..f3afd257b 100755
--- a/test/gloo/test-canary.sh
+++ b/test/gloo/test-canary.sh
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ spec:
     - addr: "example.com"
       port: 80
   connectionConfig:
+    connectTimeout: 2s
     maxRequestsPerConnection: 51
   loadBalancerConfig:
     roundRobin:
@@ -221,4 +222,4 @@ echo '✔ A/B testing promotion test passed'
 
 kubectl -n gloo-system logs deployment/flagger
 
-echo '✔ All tests passed'
\ No newline at end of file
+echo '✔ All tests passed'