diff --git a/api/core/rag/datasource/vdb/weaviate/weaviate_vector.py b/api/core/rag/datasource/vdb/weaviate/weaviate_vector.py
index 8fe619951..c6cf0d2b2 100644
--- a/api/core/rag/datasource/vdb/weaviate/weaviate_vector.py
+++ b/api/core/rag/datasource/vdb/weaviate/weaviate_vector.py
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ class WeaviateVector(BaseVector):
 
         weaviate.connect.connection.has_grpc = False
 
+        # Fix to minimize the performance impact of the deprecation check in weaviate-client 3.24.0,
+        # by changing the connection timeout to pypi.org from 1 second to 0.001 seconds.
+        # TODO: This can be removed once weaviate-client is updated to 3.26.7 or higher,
+        #       which does not contain the deprecation check.
+        weaviate.connect.connection.PYPI_TIMEOUT = 0.001
+
         try:
             client = weaviate.Client(
                 url=config.endpoint, auth_client_secret=auth_config, timeout_config=(5, 60), startup_period=None