diff --git a/components/camel-freemarker/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/freemarker/FreemarkerComponent.java b/components/camel-freemarker/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/freemarker/FreemarkerComponent.java
index 95acefa2c6bd4..1b801a1f2e6fc 100644
--- a/components/camel-freemarker/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/freemarker/FreemarkerComponent.java
+++ b/components/camel-freemarker/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/freemarker/FreemarkerComponent.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ protected Endpoint createEndpoint(String uri, String remaining, Map<String, Obje
         if (cache) {
             config = getConfiguration();
             if (templateUpdateDelay > 0) {
-                config.setTemplateUpdateDelay(templateUpdateDelay);
+                config.setTemplateUpdateDelayMilliseconds(1000L * templateUpdateDelay);
             }
         } else {
             config = getNoCacheConfiguration();