diff --git a/packages/amazonq/.changes/next-release/Bug Fix-a9be5502-257b-4c77-b632-94515dd68bf0.json b/packages/amazonq/.changes/next-release/Bug Fix-a9be5502-257b-4c77-b632-94515dd68bf0.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9435246ee13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/amazonq/.changes/next-release/Bug Fix-a9be5502-257b-4c77-b632-94515dd68bf0.json	
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+	"type": "Bug Fix",
+	"description": "Amazon Q Code Transformation: respond immediately when entering JAVA_HOME path"
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/codewhisperer/service/transformByQ/transformMavenHandler.ts b/packages/core/src/codewhisperer/service/transformByQ/transformMavenHandler.ts
index 8ba8504e436..fdb9dd853b0 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/codewhisperer/service/transformByQ/transformMavenHandler.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/codewhisperer/service/transformByQ/transformMavenHandler.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { CodeTransformTelemetryState } from '../../../amazonqGumby/telemetry/cod
 import { ToolkitError } from '../../../shared/errors'
 import { writeLogs } from './transformFileHandler'
 import { throwIfCancelled } from './transformApiHandler'
+import { sleep } from '../../../shared/utilities/timeoutUtils'
 
 // run 'install' with either 'mvnw.cmd', './mvnw', or 'mvn' (if wrapper exists, we use that, otherwise we use regular 'mvn')
 function installProjectDependencies(dependenciesFolder: FolderInfo, modulePath: string) {
@@ -108,6 +109,8 @@ function copyProjectDependencies(dependenciesFolder: FolderInfo, modulePath: str
 }
 
 export async function prepareProjectDependencies(dependenciesFolder: FolderInfo, rootPomPath: string) {
+    // sleep for 0.5s to allow QCT to 1) process JAVA_HOME path and 2) send multiple chat messages
+    await sleep(500)
     try {
         copyProjectDependencies(dependenciesFolder, rootPomPath)
     } catch (err) {