diff --git a/app/src/main/java/kr/co/vividnext/sodalive/v2/main/chat/dm/data/DmChatEventClient.kt b/app/src/main/java/kr/co/vividnext/sodalive/v2/main/chat/dm/data/DmChatEventClient.kt
index a4b2af22..3b58fb6e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/kr/co/vividnext/sodalive/v2/main/chat/dm/data/DmChatEventClient.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/kr/co/vividnext/sodalive/v2/main/chat/dm/data/DmChatEventClient.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
 import okhttp3.Request
 import okhttp3.Response
 import java.io.IOException
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 
 class DmChatEventParser(private val gson: Gson) {
     sealed class Event {
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ interface DmChatRealtimeClient {
 }
 
 class DmChatEventClient(
-    private val okHttpClient: OkHttpClient,
+    okHttpClient: OkHttpClient,
     gson: Gson,
     private val baseUrl: String
 ) : DmChatRealtimeClient {
@@ -70,6 +71,9 @@ class DmChatEventClient(
         fun onFailure(throwable: Throwable)
     }
 
+    private val okHttpClient = okHttpClient.newBuilder()
+        .readTimeout(0, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
+        .build()
     private val parser = DmChatEventParser(gson)
     private var call: Call? = null
 
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/kr/co/vividnext/sodalive/v2/main/chat/dm/DmChatEventClientTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/kr/co/vividnext/sodalive/v2/main/chat/dm/DmChatEventClientTest.kt
index c1c29093..f4e54827 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/kr/co/vividnext/sodalive/v2/main/chat/dm/DmChatEventClientTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/kr/co/vividnext/sodalive/v2/main/chat/dm/DmChatEventClientTest.kt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import okhttp3.Response
 import okhttp3.ResponseBody.Companion.toResponseBody
 import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
 import org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull
+import org.junit.Assert.assertTrue
 import org.junit.Test
 import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
@@ -91,6 +92,43 @@ class DmChatEventClientTest {
         assertEquals("SSE stream closed", failure?.message)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `SSE 전용 client는 공유 client의 read timeout을 제거한다`() {
+        val requestLatch = CountDownLatch(1)
+        var requestReadTimeoutMillis: Int? = null
+        val baseClient = OkHttpClient.Builder()
+            .readTimeout(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+            .addInterceptor { chain ->
+                requestReadTimeoutMillis = chain.readTimeoutMillis()
+                requestLatch.countDown()
+                Response.Builder()
+                    .request(chain.request())
+                    .protocol(Protocol.HTTP_1_1)
+                    .code(200)
+                    .message("test")
+                    .body("event: connected\n\n".toResponseBody("text/event-stream".toMediaType()))
+                    .build()
+            }
+            .build()
+
+        val client = DmChatEventClient(
+            okHttpClient = baseClient,
+            gson = Gson(),
+            baseUrl = "https://example.com"
+        )
+
+        client.connect(
+            token = "test-token",
+            roomId = 10L,
+            listener = TestListener()
+        )
+
+        assertTrue(requestLatch.await(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS))
+
+        assertEquals(60_000, baseClient.readTimeoutMillis)
+        assertEquals(0, requestReadTimeoutMillis)
+    }
+
     private fun clientWithResponse(
         code: Int,
         body: String