diff --git a/src/crawlee/_utils/sitemap.py b/src/crawlee/_utils/sitemap.py
index 2632ed98e5..e6930fc195 100644
--- a/src/crawlee/_utils/sitemap.py
+++ b/src/crawlee/_utils/sitemap.py
@@ -437,17 +437,11 @@ async def parse_sitemap(
     up to the specified maximum depth.
     """
     # Set default options
-    default_timeout = timedelta(seconds=30)
-    if options:
-        emit_nested_sitemaps = options['emit_nested_sitemaps']
-        max_depth = options['max_depth']
-        sitemap_retries = options['sitemap_retries']
-        timeout = options.get('timeout', default_timeout)
-    else:
-        emit_nested_sitemaps = False
-        max_depth = float('inf')
-        sitemap_retries = 3
-        timeout = default_timeout
+    options = options or {}
+    emit_nested_sitemaps = options.get('emit_nested_sitemaps', False)
+    max_depth = options.get('max_depth', float('inf'))
+    sitemap_retries = options.get('sitemap_retries', 3)
+    timeout = options.get('timeout', timedelta(seconds=30))
 
     # Setup working state
     sources = list(initial_sources)
diff --git a/tests/unit/_utils/test_sitemap.py b/tests/unit/_utils/test_sitemap.py
index 5f2005ca16..9e6fd795b3 100644
--- a/tests/unit/_utils/test_sitemap.py
+++ b/tests/unit/_utils/test_sitemap.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import base64
 import gzip
-from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from typing import Any
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock
 
 from yarl import URL
 
-from crawlee._utils.sitemap import Sitemap, SitemapUrl, discover_valid_sitemaps, parse_sitemap
+from crawlee._utils.sitemap import ParseSitemapOptions, Sitemap, SitemapUrl, discover_valid_sitemaps, parse_sitemap
 from crawlee.http_clients._base import HttpClient, HttpResponse
 
 BASIC_SITEMAP = """
@@ -267,6 +267,14 @@ async def test_sitemap_from_string() -> None:
     assert set(sitemap.urls) == BASIC_RESULTS
 
 
+async def test_parse_sitemap_with_partial_options() -> None:
+    """Test that missing keys in partial `ParseSitemapOptions` fall back to defaults."""
+    options = ParseSitemapOptions(timeout=timedelta(seconds=10))
+    items = [item async for item in parse_sitemap([{'type': 'raw', 'content': BASIC_SITEMAP}], options=options)]
+
+    assert {item.loc for item in items} == BASIC_RESULTS
+
+
 async def test_discover_sitemap_from_robots_txt() -> None:
     """Sitemap URL found in robots.txt is yielded."""
     robots_content = b'User-agent: *\nSitemap: http://example.com/custom-sitemap.xml'