diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f682f7cb4..5335eacfb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Improved the style of the symbol search component
 - Extended the users table in the admin control panel
+- Increased the default request timeout (`REQUEST_TIMEOUT`)
 - Upgraded `cheerio` from version `1.0.0-rc.12` to `1.0.0`
 
 ## 2.124.1 - 2024-11-25
diff --git a/apps/api/src/services/configuration/configuration.service.ts b/apps/api/src/services/configuration/configuration.service.ts
index acde7d823..3dfe5d5c5 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/services/configuration/configuration.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/services/configuration/configuration.service.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export class ConfigurationService {
       REDIS_HOST: str({ default: 'localhost' }),
       REDIS_PASSWORD: str({ default: '' }),
       REDIS_PORT: port({ default: 6379 }),
-      REQUEST_TIMEOUT: num({ default: 2000 }),
+      REQUEST_TIMEOUT: num({ default: ms('3 seconds') }),
       ROOT_URL: url({ default: DEFAULT_ROOT_URL }),
       STRIPE_PUBLIC_KEY: str({ default: '' }),
       STRIPE_SECRET_KEY: str({ default: '' }),
diff --git a/libs/ui/src/lib/symbol-autocomplete/symbol-autocomplete.component.html b/libs/ui/src/lib/symbol-autocomplete/symbol-autocomplete.component.html
index 9d1038e0f..c6327c318 100644
--- a/libs/ui/src/lib/symbol-autocomplete/symbol-autocomplete.component.html
+++ b/libs/ui/src/lib/symbol-autocomplete/symbol-autocomplete.component.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         [value]="lookupItem"
       >
         <span class="align-items-center d-flex line-height-1"
-          ><b>{{ lookupItem.name }}</b>
+          ><span>{{ lookupItem.name }}</span>
           @if (lookupItem.dataProviderInfo.isPremium) {
             <gf-premium-indicator class="ml-1" [enableLink]="false" />
           }