diff --git a/weed/admin/dash/cluster_topology.go b/weed/admin/dash/cluster_topology.go
index d70e32c44..dc6a49d4a 100644
--- a/weed/admin/dash/cluster_topology.go
+++ b/weed/admin/dash/cluster_topology.go
@@ -10,11 +10,10 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
 	"github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/pb/master_pb"
+	util_http "github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/weed/util/http"
 )
 
-var dirStatusClient = &http.Client{
-	Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
-}
+const dirStatusTimeout = 5 * time.Second
 
 // GetClusterTopology returns the current cluster topology with caching
 func (s *AdminServer) GetClusterTopology() (*ClusterTopology, error) {
@@ -50,8 +49,16 @@ func (s *AdminServer) fetchPublicUrlMap() map[string]string {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), dirStatusTimeout)
+	defer cancel()
+
 	url := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/dir/status", currentMaster.ToHttpAddress())
-	resp, err := dirStatusClient.Get(url)
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodGet, url, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		glog.V(1).Infof("Failed to build /dir/status request for %s: %v", currentMaster, err)
+		return nil
+	}
+	resp, err := util_http.GetGlobalHttpClient().Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.V(1).Infof("Failed to fetch /dir/status from %s: %v", currentMaster, err)
 		return nil