diff --git a/crates/subspace-farmer/src/lib.rs b/crates/subspace-farmer/src/lib.rs
index 6495fdf1a6..d67247d5f6 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-farmer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/subspace-farmer/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     array_windows,
     assert_matches,
     const_option,
+    duration_constructors,
     exact_size_is_empty,
     hash_extract_if,
     impl_trait_in_assoc_type,
diff --git a/crates/subspace-farmer/src/node_client/node_rpc_client.rs b/crates/subspace-farmer/src/node_client/node_rpc_client.rs
index 2b47838979..824be59866 100644
--- a/crates/subspace-farmer/src/node_client/node_rpc_client.rs
+++ b/crates/subspace-farmer/src/node_client/node_rpc_client.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use jsonrpsee::rpc_params;
 use jsonrpsee::ws_client::{WsClient, WsClientBuilder};
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Duration;
 use subspace_core_primitives::{Piece, PieceIndex, SegmentHeader, SegmentIndex};
 use subspace_rpc_primitives::{
     FarmerAppInfo, RewardSignatureResponse, RewardSigningInfo, SlotInfo, SolutionResponse,
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ const RPC_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS: usize = 1_000_000;
 /// Node is having a hard time responding for many piece requests
 // TODO: Remove this once https://github.com/paritytech/jsonrpsee/issues/1189 is resolved
 const MAX_CONCURRENT_PIECE_REQUESTS: usize = 10;
+const REQUEST_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_mins(5);
 
 /// `WsClient` wrapper.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ impl NodeRpcClient {
             WsClientBuilder::default()
                 .max_concurrent_requests(RPC_MAX_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS)
                 .max_request_size(20 * 1024 * 1024)
+                .request_timeout(REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
                 .build(url)
                 .await?,
         );