diff --git a/node/src/index.ts b/node/src/index.ts
index 097f54f6..5e65f4d6 100644
--- a/node/src/index.ts
+++ b/node/src/index.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ export {
 
 const defaultAwsRegion = "us-west-2";
 
+const defaultRequestTimeout = 10_000
+
 export interface AwsCredentials {
   accessKeyId: string
 
@@ -119,6 +121,11 @@ export interface ConnectionOptions {
    */
   hostOverride?: string
 
+  /**
+   * Duration in milliseconds for request timeout. Default = 10,000 (10 seconds)
+   */
+  timeout?: number
+
   /**
    * (For LanceDB OSS only): The interval, in seconds, at which to check for
    * updates to the table from other processes. If None, then consistency is not
@@ -204,7 +211,8 @@ export async function connect(
           awsCredentials: undefined,
           awsRegion: defaultAwsRegion,
           apiKey: undefined,
-          region: defaultAwsRegion
+          region: defaultAwsRegion,
+          timeout: defaultRequestTimeout 
         },
         arg
       );
diff --git a/node/src/remote/client.ts b/node/src/remote/client.ts
index 9992abbb..78b1edfc 100644
--- a/node/src/remote/client.ts
+++ b/node/src/remote/client.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ async function callWithMiddlewares (
     if (i > middlewares.length) {
       const headers = Object.fromEntries(req.headers.entries())
       const params = Object.fromEntries(req.params?.entries() ?? [])
-      const timeout = 10000
+      const timeout = opts?.timeout
       let res
       if (req.method === Method.POST) {
         res = await axios.post(
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ async function callWithMiddlewares (
 
 interface MiddlewareInvocationOptions {
   responseType?: ResponseType
+  timeout?: number,
 }
 
 /**
@@ -123,15 +124,19 @@ export class HttpLancedbClient {
   private readonly _url: string
   private readonly _apiKey: () => string
   private readonly _middlewares: HttpLancedbClientMiddleware[]
+  private readonly _timeout: number | undefined
 
   public constructor (
     url: string,
     apiKey: string,
-    private readonly _dbName?: string
+    timeout?: number,
+    private readonly _dbName?: string,
+    
   ) {
     this._url = url
     this._apiKey = () => apiKey
     this._middlewares = []
+    this._timeout = timeout
   }
 
   get uri (): string {
@@ -230,7 +235,10 @@ export class HttpLancedbClient {
 
     let response
     try {
-      response = await callWithMiddlewares(req, this._middlewares, { responseType })
+      response = await callWithMiddlewares(req, this._middlewares, {
+        responseType,
+        timeout: this._timeout,
+      })
 
       // return response
     } catch (err: any) {
@@ -267,7 +275,7 @@ export class HttpLancedbClient {
    * Make a clone of this client
    */
   private clone (): HttpLancedbClient {
-    const clone = new HttpLancedbClient(this._url, this._apiKey(), this._dbName)
+    const clone = new HttpLancedbClient(this._url, this._apiKey(), this._timeout, this._dbName)
     for (const mw of this._middlewares) {
       clone._middlewares.push(mw)
     }
diff --git a/node/src/remote/index.ts b/node/src/remote/index.ts
index 9dcd44ee..11e20a2f 100644
--- a/node/src/remote/index.ts
+++ b/node/src/remote/index.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ export class RemoteConnection implements Connection {
     this._client = new HttpLancedbClient(
       server,
       opts.apiKey,
+      opts.timeout,
       opts.hostOverride === undefined ? undefined : this._dbName
     )
   }