diff --git a/lib/auto.ts b/lib/auto.ts
index a54bba2..4d2ff62 100644
--- a/lib/auto.ts
+++ b/lib/auto.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import resolveALPN from 'resolve-alpn';
 
 import { HttpClient } from './http.js';
 import { WebSocketClient } from './websocket.js';
+import { HTTPTimeouts } from './http.js';
 
 const error = debug('@oada/client:auto:error');
 
@@ -70,11 +71,13 @@ export async function autoConnection({
   token,
   concurrency,
   userAgent,
+  timeouts,
 }: {
   domain: string;
   token: string;
   concurrency: number;
   userAgent: string;
+  timeouts: HTTPTimeouts;
 }) {
   try {
     const { hostname, port, protocols } = parseDomain(domain);
@@ -89,7 +92,7 @@ export async function autoConnection({
     switch (alpnProtocol) {
       // Prefer HTTP/2
       case 'h2': {
-        return new HttpClient(domain, token, { concurrency, userAgent });
+        return new HttpClient(domain, token, { concurrency, userAgent, timeouts });
       }
 
       // If no HTTP/2, use a WebSocket
@@ -105,6 +108,6 @@ export async function autoConnection({
   } catch (cError: unknown) {
     // Fallback to HTTP on error
     error(cError, 'Failed to auto pick connection type, falling back to HTTP');
-    return new HttpClient(domain, token, { concurrency, userAgent });
+    return new HttpClient(domain, token, { concurrency, userAgent, timeouts });
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/client.ts b/lib/client.ts
index 987dd0c..de477c8 100644
--- a/lib/client.ts
+++ b/lib/client.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import {
   toStringPath,
 } from './utils.js';
 import { AbortController } from '#fetch';
-import { HttpClient } from './http.js';
+import { HttpClient, type HTTPTimeouts } from './http.js';
 import { WebSocketClient } from './websocket.js';
 
 import type { Change, Json, JsonObject } from './index.js';
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ export type ConnectionRequest = {
   headers: Record<string, string>;
   data?: Body;
 } & (
-  | { watch?: false }
-  | { watch: true; method: 'head' | 'get' | 'put' | 'post' | 'delete' }
-);
+    | { watch?: false }
+    | { watch: true; method: 'head' | 'get' | 'put' | 'post' | 'delete' }
+  );
 
 export interface ConnectionResponse {
   requestId: string | string[];
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ export interface Config {
   /** @default 'auto' */
   connection?: 'auto' | 'ws' | 'http' | Connection;
   userAgent?: string;
+  timeouts?: number | Partial<HTTPTimeouts>
 }
 
 export type Response = ConnectionResponse;
@@ -271,7 +272,8 @@ export class OADAClient {
     concurrency = 1,
     userAgent = `${process.env.npm_package_name}/${process.env.npm_package_version}`,
     connection = 'http',
-  }: Config) {
+    timeouts = {},
+  }: Config & { timeouts?: HTTPTimeouts }) {
     // Help for those who can't remember if https should be there
     this.#domain = domain;
     this.#token = token;
@@ -294,6 +296,7 @@ export class OADAClient {
         this.#connection = new HttpClient(this.#domain, this.#token, {
           concurrency: this.#concurrency,
           userAgent,
+          timeouts,
         });
         break;
       }
@@ -434,8 +437,8 @@ export class OADAClient {
       });
       const rev =
         typeof data === 'object' &&
-        !(data instanceof Uint8Array) &&
-        !Array.isArray(data)
+          !(data instanceof Uint8Array) &&
+          !Array.isArray(data)
           ? Number(data?._rev)
           : undefined;
 
diff --git a/lib/http.ts b/lib/http.ts
index 356f994..41b097a 100644
--- a/lib/http.ts
+++ b/lib/http.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ const enum ConnectionStatus {
   Connected,
 }
 
+export interface HTTPTimeouts {
+  /** @default 60e3 */
+  connect?: number
+  body?: number;
+  headers?: number;
+  keepAlive?: number;
+}
+
 function isJson(contentType: string) {
   const media = fromString(contentType);
   return [media.subtype, media.suffix].includes('json');
@@ -75,7 +83,7 @@ export class HttpClient extends EventEmitter implements Connection {
   constructor(
     domain: string,
     token: string,
-    { concurrency = 10, userAgent }: { concurrency: number; userAgent: string },
+    { concurrency = 10, userAgent, timeouts }: { concurrency: number; userAgent: string; timeouts: HTTPTimeouts },
   ) {
     super();
 
@@ -94,7 +102,11 @@ export class HttpClient extends EventEmitter implements Connection {
     this.#agent =
       Agent &&
       new Agent({
+        keepAliveTimeout: timeouts.keepAlive,
+        bodyTimeout: timeouts.body,
+        headersTimeout: timeouts.headers,
         connect: {
+          timeout: timeouts.connect,
           rejectUnauthorized: process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED !== '0',
         },
       });
diff --git a/lib/index.ts b/lib/index.ts
index f53c764..92aa173 100644
--- a/lib/index.ts
+++ b/lib/index.ts
@@ -38,11 +38,18 @@ export async function connect({
   connection: proto = 'auto',
   concurrency = 1,
   userAgent = `${process.env.npm_package_name}/${process.env.npm_package_version}`,
+  timeouts: t = {},
   ...config
 }: Config & { token: string }): Promise<OADAClient> {
+  const timeouts = typeof t === 'number' ? {
+    connect: t,
+    keepAlive: t,
+    headers: t,
+    body: t,
+  } : t;
   const connection =
     proto === 'auto'
-      ? await autoConnection({ concurrency, userAgent, ...config })
+      ? await autoConnection({ concurrency, userAgent, timeouts, ...config })
       : proto;
   // Create an instance of client and start connection
   const client = new OADAClient({
@@ -78,12 +85,12 @@ export type Json = JsonPrimitive | JsonObject | JsonArray;
 
 export type JsonCompatible<T> = {
   [P in keyof T]: T[P] extends Json
-    ? T[P]
-    : Pick<T, P> extends Required<Pick<T, P>>
-      ? never
-      : T[P] extends (() => unknown) | undefined
-        ? never
-        : JsonCompatible<T[P]>;
+  ? T[P]
+  : Pick<T, P> extends Required<Pick<T, P>>
+  ? never
+  : T[P] extends (() => unknown) | undefined
+  ? never
+  : JsonCompatible<T[P]>;
 };
 
 declare global {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d6881e4..0f8c49a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@oada/client",
-  "version": "5.0.1",
+  "version": "5.1.0",
   "description": "A lightweight client tool to interact with an OADA-compliant server",
   "repository": "https://github.com/OADA/client",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",