diff --git a/src/handlers/blobs.ts b/src/handlers/blobs.ts
index 2b7e123..07ee645 100644
--- a/src/handlers/blobs.ts
+++ b/src/handlers/blobs.ts
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ export const deliverBlob = async ({ blobPath, recipient, recipientURL, requestID
       url: `${recipientURL}/api/v1/blobs${blobPath}`,
       data: formData,
       headers: formData.getHeaders(),
+      timeout: utils.constants.REST_API_CALL_BLOB_REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
       httpsAgent
     });
     eventEmitter.emit('event', {
diff --git a/src/lib/utils.ts b/src/lib/utils.ts
index 4d07c0a..1460a7e 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils.ts
@@ -39,11 +39,14 @@ export const constants = {
   TRANSFER_HASH_ALGORITHM: 'sha256',
   REST_API_CALL_MAX_ATTEMPTS: 5,
   REST_API_CALL_RETRY_DELAY_MS: 500,
+  REST_API_CALL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT: 5000,
+  REST_API_CALL_BLOB_REQUEST_TIMEOUT: 60000,
   MAX_EVENT_QUEUE_SIZE: 1000,
   HASH_HEADER_NAME: 'dx-hash',
   LAST_UPDATE_HEADER_NAME: 'dx-last-update'
 };
-const log = new Logger('utils.ts')
+const log = new Logger('utils.ts');
+axios.defaults.timeout = constants.REST_API_CALL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT;
 
 export const regexp = {
   FILE_KEY: /^(\/[a-z0-9\+\-\_\.]+)+$/i,