diff --git a/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/firecrawl.py b/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/firecrawl.py
index 7612e5d..d986407 100644
--- a/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/firecrawl.py
+++ b/apps/python-sdk/firecrawl/firecrawl.py
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ class FirecrawlApp:
         response = requests.post(
             f'{self.api_url}/v0/scrape',
             headers=headers,
-            json=scrape_params
+            json=scrape_params,
+            timeout=(5,10)
         )
         if response.status_code == 200:
             response = response.json()
@@ -111,7 +112,8 @@ class FirecrawlApp:
         response = requests.post(
             f'{self.api_url}/v0/search',
             headers=headers,
-            json=json_data
+            json=json_data,
+            timeout=(5,10)
         )
         if response.status_code == 200:
             response = response.json()