diff --git a/src/JiraClient.php b/src/JiraClient.php
index 44de49b2..e19f9d60 100644
--- a/src/JiraClient.php
+++ b/src/JiraClient.php
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@ public function exec(string $context, array|string $post_data = null, string $cu
 
         curl_reset($this->curl);
         $ch = $this->curl;
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, $this->configuration->getTimeout());
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, $this->configuration->getTimeout());
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);