diff --git a/index-scheduler/src/lib.rs b/index-scheduler/src/lib.rs
index adb3d4942..46ed76649 100644
--- a/index-scheduler/src/lib.rs
+++ b/index-scheduler/src/lib.rs
@@ -1396,6 +1396,7 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
             // let reader = GzEncoder::new(BufReader::new(task_reader), Compression::default());
             let reader = GzEncoder::new(BufReader::new(task_reader), Compression::default());
             let request = ureq::post(url)
+                .timeout(Duration::from_secs(30))
                 .set("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
                 .set("Content-Type", "application/x-ndjson");
             let request = match &self.webhook_authorization_header {