diff --git a/internal/provider/client.go b/internal/provider/client.go
index 1665661..2692bd2 100644
--- a/internal/provider/client.go
+++ b/internal/provider/client.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const DefaultURL string = "http://localhost:8080"
 type Client struct {
 	HTTPClient         *http.Client
 	Url                string
+	Timeout            int64
 	Username           *string
 	Password           *string
 	Jwt                *string
@@ -31,9 +32,9 @@ type RequestError struct {
 	Err        error
 }
 
-func NewClient(url string, username *string, password *string, jwt *string, apiToken *string, extraHeaders *interface{}, tenantId *string, keepOriginalSource *bool) (*Client, error) {
+func NewClient(url string, timeout int64, username *string, password *string, jwt *string, apiToken *string, extraHeaders *interface{}, tenantId *string, keepOriginalSource *bool) (*Client, error) {
 	c := Client{
-		HTTPClient: &http.Client{Timeout: 10 * time.Second},
+		HTTPClient: &http.Client{Timeout: time.Duration(timeout) * time.Second},
 		Url:        DefaultURL,
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/provider/provider.go b/internal/provider/provider.go
index c5200df..c633313 100644
--- a/internal/provider/provider.go
+++ b/internal/provider/provider.go
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ func New(version string, tenant *string) func() *schema.Provider {
 					Description: "The BasicAuth password",
 					DefaultFunc: schema.EnvDefaultFunc("KESTRA_PASSWORD", ""),
 				},
+				"timeout": &schema.Schema{
+					Type:        schema.TypeInt,
+					Optional:    true,
+					Sensitive:   false,
+					Description: "The timeout (in seconds) for http requests",
+					DefaultFunc: schema.EnvDefaultFunc("KESTRA_TIMEOUT", 10),
+				},
 				"jwt": &schema.Schema{
 					Type:        schema.TypeString,
 					Optional:    true,
@@ -116,6 +123,7 @@ func New(version string, tenant *string) func() *schema.Provider {
 
 		p.ConfigureContextFunc = func(_ context.Context, d *schema.ResourceData) (interface{}, diag.Diagnostics) {
 			url := strings.TrimRight(d.Get("url").(string), "/")
+			timeout := d.Get("timeout").(int64)
 			username := d.Get("username").(string)
 			password := d.Get("password").(string)
 			jwt := d.Get("jwt").(string)
@@ -132,7 +140,7 @@ func New(version string, tenant *string) func() *schema.Provider {
 
 			var diags diag.Diagnostics
 
-			c, err := NewClient(url, &username, &password, &jwt, &apiToken, &extraHeaders, &tenantId, &keepOriginalSource)
+			c, err := NewClient(url, timeout, &username, &password, &jwt, &apiToken, &extraHeaders, &tenantId, &keepOriginalSource)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, diag.FromErr(err)
 			}
diff --git a/internal/provider/resource_kv_test.go b/internal/provider/resource_kv_test.go
index 641909d..1c78e18 100644
--- a/internal/provider/resource_kv_test.go
+++ b/internal/provider/resource_kv_test.go
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func TestAccKv(t *testing.T) {
 			urlEnv := strings.TrimRight(os.Getenv("KESTRA_URL"), "/")
 			usernameEnv := os.Getenv("KESTRA_USERNAME")
 			passwordEnv := os.Getenv("KESTRA_PASSWORD")
-			c, _ := NewClient(urlEnv, &usernameEnv, &passwordEnv, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil)
+			c, _ := NewClient(urlEnv, 10, &usernameEnv, &passwordEnv, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil)
 			url := c.Url + fmt.Sprintf("%s/namespaces/io.kestra.terraform/kv/string", apiRoot(nil))
 			request, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
 			_, _, httpError := c.rawResponseRequest("GET", request)