diff --git a/backend/utils/request/request.py b/backend/utils/request/request.py
index be802af96..80e1d11bb 100644
--- a/backend/utils/request/request.py
+++ b/backend/utils/request/request.py
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ def make_http_request(
     """Generic helper function to help make a HTTP request."""
     try:
         if verb == HTTPMethod.GET:
-            response = pyrequests.get(url, params=params, headers=headers)
+            response = pyrequests.get(url, params=params, headers=headers, timeout=60)
         elif verb == HTTPMethod.POST:
-            response = pyrequests.post(url, json=data, params=params, headers=headers)
+            response = pyrequests.post(url, json=data, params=params, headers=headers, timeout=60)
         elif verb == HTTPMethod.DELETE:
-            response = pyrequests.delete(url, params=params, headers=headers)
+            response = pyrequests.delete(url, params=params, headers=headers, timeout=60)
         else:
             raise ValueError("Invalid HTTP verb. Supported verbs: GET, POST, DELETE")
 
diff --git a/prompt-service/src/unstract/prompt_service/utils/request.py b/prompt-service/src/unstract/prompt_service/utils/request.py
index c7006af38..9de16933e 100644
--- a/prompt-service/src/unstract/prompt_service/utils/request.py
+++ b/prompt-service/src/unstract/prompt_service/utils/request.py
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ def make_http_request(
     """Generic helper function to help make a HTTP request."""
     try:
         if verb == HTTPMethod.GET:
-            response = pyrequests.get(url, params=params, headers=headers)
+            response = pyrequests.get(url, params=params, headers=headers, timeout=60)
         elif verb == HTTPMethod.POST:
-            response = pyrequests.post(url, json=data, params=params, headers=headers)
+            response = pyrequests.post(url, json=data, params=params, headers=headers, timeout=60)
         elif verb == HTTPMethod.DELETE:
-            response = pyrequests.delete(url, params=params, headers=headers)
+            response = pyrequests.delete(url, params=params, headers=headers, timeout=60)
         else:
             raise ValueError("Invalid HTTP verb. Supported verbs: GET, POST, DELETE")
 
diff --git a/unstract/tool-sandbox/src/unstract/tool_sandbox/helper.py b/unstract/tool-sandbox/src/unstract/tool_sandbox/helper.py
index 5967f1306..9a54e50b7 100644
--- a/unstract/tool-sandbox/src/unstract/tool_sandbox/helper.py
+++ b/unstract/tool-sandbox/src/unstract/tool_sandbox/helper.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def make_get_request(
         """
         url = f"{self.base_url}{endpoint}"
         params = {"image_name": image_name, "image_tag": image_tag}
-        response = requests.get(url, params=params)
+        response = requests.get(url, params=params, timeout=60)
         result: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None
         if response.status_code == 200:
             result = response.json()
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def call_tool_handler(
             settings,
         )
 
-        response = requests.post(url, json=data)
+        response = requests.post(url, json=data, timeout=60)
         result: Optional[dict[str, Any]] = None
         if response.status_code == 200:
             result = response.json()