diff --git a/src/aws/flb_aws_util.c b/src/aws/flb_aws_util.c
index 6ba8b28cf2d..6909f8c7bbf 100644
--- a/src/aws/flb_aws_util.c
+++ b/src/aws/flb_aws_util.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #define AWS_USER_AGENT_K8S "k8s"
 #define AWS_ECS_METADATA_URI "ECS_CONTAINER_METADATA_URI_V4"
 #define FLB_MAX_AWS_RESP_BUFFER_SIZE 0 /* 0 means unlimited capacity as per requirement */
+#define FLB_MAX_AWS_RESP_TIMEOUT 10 /* 10 seconds */
 
 #ifdef FLB_SYSTEM_WINDOWS
 #define FLB_AWS_BASE_USER_AGENT        "aws-fluent-bit-plugin-windows"
@@ -386,6 +387,9 @@ struct flb_http_client *request_do(struct flb_aws_client *aws_client,
         goto error;
     }
 
+    /* Set a HTTP response timeout */
+    flb_http_set_response_timeout(c, FLB_MAX_AWS_RESP_TIMEOUT);
+
     /* Increase the maximum HTTP response buffer size to fit large responses from AWS services */
     ret = flb_http_buffer_size(c, FLB_MAX_AWS_RESP_BUFFER_SIZE);
     if (ret != 0) {