diff --git a/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/base_online_request_processor.py b/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/base_online_request_processor.py
index 1aee4682..3d8f9af0 100644
--- a/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/base_online_request_processor.py
+++ b/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/base_online_request_processor.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 DEFAULT_MAX_TOKENS_PER_MINUTE = 100_000
 DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES = 10
 SECONDS_TO_PAUSE_ON_RATE_LIMIT = 10
+DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 10 * 60  # 10 minutes
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ def __init__(
             self.max_retries = DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES
         else:
             self.max_retries = max_retries
+        self.timeout = DEFAULT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT
 
     @property
     def max_requests_per_minute(self) -> int:
diff --git a/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/litellm_online_request_processor.py b/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/litellm_online_request_processor.py
index 86bfef8a..df64e665 100644
--- a/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/litellm_online_request_processor.py
+++ b/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/litellm_online_request_processor.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 litellm.suppress_debug_info = True
-REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 10 * 60.0  # same as openai python sdk
 
 
 class LiteLLMOnlineRequestProcessor(BaseOnlineRequestProcessor):
@@ -269,7 +268,7 @@ async def call_single_request(
                     await self.client.chat.completions.create_with_completion(
                         **request.api_specific_request,
                         response_model=request.prompt_formatter.response_format,
-                        timeout=REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
+                        timeout=self.timeout,
                     )
                 )
                 response_message = (
@@ -277,7 +276,7 @@ async def call_single_request(
                 )
             else:
                 completion_obj = await litellm.acompletion(
-                    **request.api_specific_request, timeout=REQUEST_TIMEOUT
+                    **request.api_specific_request, timeout=self.timeout
                 )
                 response_message = completion_obj["choices"][0]["message"]["content"]
         except litellm.RateLimitError as e:
diff --git a/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/openai_online_request_processor.py b/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/openai_online_request_processor.py
index 33731f6d..a8416906 100644
--- a/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/openai_online_request_processor.py
+++ b/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/openai_online_request_processor.py
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ async def call_single_request(
             self.url,
             headers=request_header,
             json=request.api_specific_request,
-            timeout=60.0,
+            timeout=self.timeout,
         ) as response_obj:
             response = await response_obj.json()