diff --git a/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/CliDockerClient.java b/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/CliDockerClient.java
index d3dcecd883..035c9316f3 100644
--- a/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/CliDockerClient.java
+++ b/jib-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/tools/jib/docker/CliDockerClient.java
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
@@ -103,6 +109,12 @@ public List<DescriptorDigest> getDiffIds() throws DigestException {
   /** Default path to the docker executable. */
   public static final Path DEFAULT_DOCKER_CLIENT = Paths.get("docker");
 
+  /**
+   * 10 minute timeout to ensure that Jib doesn't get stuck indefinitely when expecting a docker
+   * output.
+   */
+  public static final Long DOCKER_OUTPUT_TIMEOUT = (long) 10 * 60 * 1000;
+
   /**
    * Checks if Docker is installed on the user's system by running the `docker` command.
    *
@@ -188,13 +200,19 @@ public boolean supported(Map<String, String> parameters) {
   @Override
   public DockerInfoDetails info() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
     // Runs 'docker info'.
-    Process infoProcess = docker("info", "-f", "{{json .}}");
-    InputStream inputStream = infoProcess.getInputStream();
-    if (infoProcess.waitFor() != 0) {
-      throw new IOException(
-          "'docker info' command failed with error: " + getStderrOutput(infoProcess));
+    ExecutorService executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
+    Future<DockerInfoDetails> readerFuture = executor.submit(this::fetchInfoDetails);
+    try {
+      DockerInfoDetails details = readerFuture.get(DOCKER_OUTPUT_TIMEOUT, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+      return details;
+    } catch (TimeoutException e) {
+      readerFuture.cancel(true); // Interrupt the reader thread
+      throw new IOException("Timeout reached while waiting for 'docker info' output");
+    } catch (ExecutionException e) {
+      throw new IOException("Failed to read output of 'docker info': " + e.getMessage());
+    } finally {
+      executor.shutdownNow();
     }
-    return JsonTemplateMapper.readJson(inputStream, DockerInfoDetails.class);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -270,4 +288,14 @@ public DockerImageDetails inspect(ImageReference imageReference)
   private Process docker(String... subCommand) throws IOException {
     return processBuilderFactory.apply(Arrays.asList(subCommand)).start();
   }
+
+  private DockerInfoDetails fetchInfoDetails() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+    Process infoProcess = docker("info", "-f", "{{json .}}");
+    InputStream inputStream = infoProcess.getInputStream();
+    if (infoProcess.waitFor() != 0) {
+      throw new IOException(
+          "'docker info' command failed with error: " + getStderrOutput(infoProcess));
+    }
+    return JsonTemplateMapper.readJson(inputStream, DockerInfoDetails.class);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/jib-gradle-plugin/src/integration-test/resources/gradle/projects/simple/mock-docker.sh b/jib-gradle-plugin/src/integration-test/resources/gradle/projects/simple/mock-docker.sh
index e4b78a0f4c..84eafa19a8 100755
--- a/jib-gradle-plugin/src/integration-test/resources/gradle/projects/simple/mock-docker.sh
+++ b/jib-gradle-plugin/src/integration-test/resources/gradle/projects/simple/mock-docker.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+if [[ "$1" == "info" ]]; then
+  # Output the JSON string
+  echo "{\"OSType\":\"linux\",\"Architecture\":\"x86_64\"}"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
 # Read stdin to avoid broken pipe
 cat > /dev/null
 
diff --git a/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/maven/projects/simple/mock-docker.sh b/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/maven/projects/simple/mock-docker.sh
index e4b78a0f4c..84eafa19a8 100755
--- a/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/maven/projects/simple/mock-docker.sh
+++ b/jib-maven-plugin/src/test/resources/maven/projects/simple/mock-docker.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+if [[ "$1" == "info" ]]; then
+  # Output the JSON string
+  echo "{\"OSType\":\"linux\",\"Architecture\":\"x86_64\"}"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
 # Read stdin to avoid broken pipe
 cat > /dev/null