diff --git a/.changelog/14233.txt b/.changelog/14233.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a2c6dee18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/14233.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bugfix
+rpc: Adds max jitter to client deadlines to prevent i/o deadline errors on blocking queries
+```
diff --git a/agent/consul/client_test.go b/agent/consul/client_test.go
index 84135ee184..32199d8aba 100644
--- a/agent/consul/client_test.go
+++ b/agent/consul/client_test.go
@@ -893,8 +893,8 @@ func TestClient_RPC_Timeout(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 
-	// waiter will sleep for 50ms
-	require.NoError(t, s1.RegisterEndpoint("Wait", &waiter{duration: 50 * time.Millisecond}))
+	// waiter will sleep for 101ms which is 1ms more than the DefaultQueryTime
+	require.NoError(t, s1.RegisterEndpoint("Wait", &waiter{duration: 101 * time.Millisecond}))
 
 	// Requests with QueryOptions have a default timeout of RPCHoldTimeout (10ms)
 	// so we expect the RPC call to timeout.
@@ -903,7 +903,8 @@ func TestClient_RPC_Timeout(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Error(t, err)
 	require.Contains(t, err.Error(), "rpc error making call: i/o deadline reached")
 
-	// Blocking requests have a longer timeout (100ms) so this should pass
+	// Blocking requests have a longer timeout (100ms) so this should pass since we
+	// add the maximum jitter which should be 16ms
 	out = struct{}{}
 	err = c1.RPC("Wait.Wait", &structs.NodeSpecificRequest{
 		QueryOptions: structs.QueryOptions{
diff --git a/agent/structs/structs.go b/agent/structs/structs.go
index 22fb47ca9d..8301688886 100644
--- a/agent/structs/structs.go
+++ b/agent/structs/structs.go
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ func (q QueryOptions) Timeout(rpcHoldTimeout, maxQueryTime, defaultQueryTime tim
 			q.MaxQueryTime = defaultQueryTime
 		}
 		// Timeout after maximum jitter has elapsed.
-		q.MaxQueryTime += lib.RandomStagger(q.MaxQueryTime / JitterFraction)
+		q.MaxQueryTime += q.MaxQueryTime / JitterFraction
 
 		return q.MaxQueryTime + rpcHoldTimeout
 	}