diff --git a/argilla-server/CHANGELOG.md b/argilla-server/CHANGELOG.md
index 7d8daf02a9..e7b2afcbfd 100644
--- a/argilla-server/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/argilla-server/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ These are the section headers that we use:
 
 ## [Unreleased]()
 
+### Added
+
+- Added new `ARGILLA_DATABASE_SQLITE_TIMEOUT` environment variable allowing to set transactions timeout for SQLite. ([#5213](https://github.com/argilla-io/argilla/pull/5213))
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fixed SQLite connection settings not working correctly due to a outdated conditional. ([#5149](https://github.com/argilla-io/argilla/pull/5149))
diff --git a/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/constants.py b/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/constants.py
index 6bda197c27..96d8b20de8 100644
--- a/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/constants.py
+++ b/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/constants.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 API_KEY_HEADER_NAME = "X-Argilla-Api-Key"
 WORKSPACE_HEADER_NAME = "X-Argilla-Workspace"
 
+DATABASE_SQLITE = "sqlite"
+
 SEARCH_ENGINE_ELASTICSEARCH = "elasticsearch"
 SEARCH_ENGINE_OPENSEARCH = "opensearch"
 
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@
 DEFAULT_PASSWORD = "1234"
 DEFAULT_API_KEY = "argilla.apikey"
 
+DEFAULT_DATABASE_SQLITE_TIMEOUT = 15
+
 DEFAULT_MAX_KEYWORD_LENGTH = 128
 DEFAULT_TELEMETRY_KEY = "C6FkcaoCbt78rACAgvyBxGBcMB3dM3nn"
 
diff --git a/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/database.py b/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/database.py
index e0bc4c4c95..1d52168c4c 100644
--- a/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/database.py
+++ b/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/database.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def set_sqlite_pragma(dbapi_connection, connection_record):
         cursor.close()
 
 
-async_engine = create_async_engine(settings.database_url)
+async_engine = create_async_engine(settings.database_url, connect_args=settings.database_connect_args)
 AsyncSessionLocal = async_sessionmaker(autocommit=False, expire_on_commit=False, bind=async_engine)
 
 
diff --git a/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/settings.py b/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/settings.py
index d0900896fa..fc78a2cbc0 100644
--- a/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/settings.py
+++ b/argilla-server/src/argilla_server/settings.py
@@ -22,14 +22,16 @@
 import re
 import warnings
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List, Optional
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from argilla_server.constants import (
+    DATABASE_SQLITE,
     DEFAULT_LABEL_SELECTION_OPTIONS_MAX_ITEMS,
     DEFAULT_MAX_KEYWORD_LENGTH,
     DEFAULT_SPAN_OPTIONS_MAX_ITEMS,
     DEFAULT_TELEMETRY_KEY,
+    DEFAULT_DATABASE_SQLITE_TIMEOUT,
     SEARCH_ENGINE_ELASTICSEARCH,
     SEARCH_ENGINE_OPENSEARCH,
 )
@@ -74,6 +76,10 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     home_path: Optional[str] = Field(description="The home path where argilla related files will be stored")
     base_url: Optional[str] = Field(description="The default base url where server will be deployed")
     database_url: Optional[str] = Field(description="The database url that argilla will use as data store")
+    database_sqlite_timeout: Optional[int] = Field(
+        default=DEFAULT_DATABASE_SQLITE_TIMEOUT,
+        description="SQLite database connection timeout in seconds",
+    )
 
     elasticsearch: str = "http://localhost:9200"
     elasticsearch_ssl_verify: bool = True
@@ -220,6 +226,20 @@ def old_dataset_records_index_name(self) -> str:
             return index_name.replace("<NAMESPACE>", "")
         return index_name.replace("<NAMESPACE>", f".{ns}")
 
+    @property
+    def database_connect_args(self) -> Dict:
+        if self.database_is_sqlite:
+            return {"timeout": self.database_sqlite_timeout}
+
+        return {}
+
+    @property
+    def database_is_sqlite(self) -> bool:
+        if self.database_url is None:
+            return False
+
+        return self.database_url.lower().startswith(DATABASE_SQLITE)
+
     @property
     def search_engine_is_elasticsearch(self) -> bool:
         return self.search_engine == SEARCH_ENGINE_ELASTICSEARCH
diff --git a/argilla-server/tests/unit/commons/test_settings.py b/argilla-server/tests/unit/commons/test_settings.py
index f6aea4c669..3063f4c27e 100644
--- a/argilla-server/tests/unit/commons/test_settings.py
+++ b/argilla-server/tests/unit/commons/test_settings.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ def test_wrong_settings_namespace(monkeypatch, bad_namespace):
 
 def test_settings_namespace(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setenv("ARGILLA_NAMESPACE", "namespace")
+
     settings = Settings()
 
     assert settings.namespace == "namespace"
@@ -38,12 +39,12 @@ def test_settings_index_replicas_with_shards_defined(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setenv("ARGILLA_ES_RECORDS_INDEX_SHARDS", "100")
     monkeypatch.setenv("ARGILLA_ES_RECORDS_INDEX_REPLICAS", "2")
 
-    settings = Settings()
-    assert settings.es_records_index_replicas == 2
+    assert Settings().es_records_index_replicas == 2
 
 
 def test_settings_default_index_replicas_with_shards_defined(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setenv("ARGILLA_ES_RECORDS_INDEX_SHARDS", "100")
+
     settings = Settings()
 
     assert settings.es_records_index_shards == 100
@@ -54,9 +55,20 @@ def test_settings_default_database_url(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setenv("ARGILLA_DATABASE_URL", "")
 
     settings = Settings()
+
     assert settings.database_url == f"sqlite+aiosqlite:///{settings.home_path}/argilla.db?check_same_thread=False"
 
 
+def test_settings_database_sqlite_timeout(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv("ARGILLA_DATABASE_SQLITE_TIMEOUT", "3")
+
+    assert Settings().database_sqlite_timeout == 3
+
+
+def test_settings_default_database_sqlite_timeout():
+    assert Settings().database_sqlite_timeout == 15
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "url, expected_url",
     [
@@ -68,5 +80,5 @@ def test_settings_default_database_url(monkeypatch):
 )
 def test_settings_database_url(url: str, expected_url: str, monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.setenv("ARGILLA_DATABASE_URL", url)
-    settings = Settings()
-    assert settings.database_url == expected_url
+
+    assert Settings().database_url == expected_url
diff --git a/docs/_source/getting_started/installation/configurations/server_configuration.md b/docs/_source/getting_started/installation/configurations/server_configuration.md
index 96378dd7d0..6889aeba63 100644
--- a/docs/_source/getting_started/installation/configurations/server_configuration.md
+++ b/docs/_source/getting_started/installation/configurations/server_configuration.md
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ You can set the following environment variables to further configure your server
 
 - `ARGILLA_DATABASE_URL`: A URL string that contains the necessary information to connect to a database. Argilla uses SQLite by default, PostgreSQL is also officially supported (Default: `sqlite:///$ARGILLA_HOME_PATH/argilla.db?check_same_thread=False`).
 
+#### SQLite
+
+The following environment variables are useful only when SQLite is used:
+
+- `ARGILLA_DATABASE_SQLITE_TIMEOUT`: How many seconds the connection should wait before raising an `OperationalError` when a table is locked. If another connection opens a transaction to modify a table, that table will be locked until the transaction is committed. (Defaut: `15` seconds).
+
 #### Elasticsearch and Opensearch
 
 - `ARGILLA_ELASTICSEARCH`: URL of the connection endpoint of the Elasticsearch instance (Default: `http://localhost:9200`).