diff --git a/plugin-server/src/config/config.ts b/plugin-server/src/config/config.ts
index e6aecf0832d4b..ef013bc22a9fb 100644
--- a/plugin-server/src/config/config.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/src/config/config.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ export function getDefaultConfig(): PluginsServerConfig {
         MAX_TEAM_ID_TO_BUFFER_ANONYMOUS_EVENTS_FOR: 0,
         USE_KAFKA_FOR_SCHEDULED_TASKS: true,
         CLOUD_DEPLOYMENT: null,
+        EXTERNAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS: 10 * 1000, // 10 seconds
 
         STARTUP_PROFILE_DURATION_SECONDS: 300, // 5 minutes
         STARTUP_PROFILE_CPU: false,
diff --git a/plugin-server/src/main/ingestion-queues/on-event-handler-consumer.ts b/plugin-server/src/main/ingestion-queues/on-event-handler-consumer.ts
index 752e13c1a01aa..7a5bc3799d373 100644
--- a/plugin-server/src/main/ingestion-queues/on-event-handler-consumer.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/src/main/ingestion-queues/on-event-handler-consumer.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ export const startAsyncWebhooksHandlerConsumer = async ({
         organizationManager,
         new Set(serverConfig.FETCH_HOSTNAME_GUARD_TEAMS.split(',').filter(String).map(Number)),
         appMetrics,
-        statsd
+        statsd,
+        serverConfig.EXTERNAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS
     )
     const concurrency = serverConfig.TASKS_PER_WORKER || 20
 
diff --git a/plugin-server/src/types.ts b/plugin-server/src/types.ts
index 5c8c747c8f6ee..22242dc00f4ba 100644
--- a/plugin-server/src/types.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/src/types.ts
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ export interface PluginsServerConfig {
     EVENT_OVERFLOW_BUCKET_REPLENISH_RATE: number
     /** Label of the PostHog Cloud environment. Null if not running PostHog Cloud. @example 'US' */
     CLOUD_DEPLOYMENT: string | null
+    EXTERNAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS: number
 
     // dump profiles to disk, covering the first N seconds of runtime
     STARTUP_PROFILE_DURATION_SECONDS: number
diff --git a/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/hooks.ts b/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/hooks.ts
index d6648933c2389..218a6c71d41f1 100644
--- a/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/hooks.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/src/worker/ingestion/hooks.ts
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ export class HookCommander {
     fetchHostnameGuardTeams: Set<number> | null
 
     /** Hook request timeout in ms. */
-    EXTERNAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 10 * 1000
+    EXTERNAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT: number
 
     constructor(
         postgres: PostgresRouter,
@@ -271,7 +271,8 @@ export class HookCommander {
         organizationManager: OrganizationManager,
         fetchHostnameGuardTeams: Set<number> | null = new Set(),
         appMetrics: AppMetrics,
-        statsd: StatsD | undefined
+        statsd: StatsD | undefined,
+        timeout: number
     ) {
         this.postgres = postgres
         this.teamManager = teamManager
@@ -285,6 +286,7 @@ export class HookCommander {
         }
         this.statsd = statsd
         this.appMetrics = appMetrics
+        this.EXTERNAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = timeout
     }
 
     public async findAndFireHooks(event: PostIngestionEvent, actionMatches: Action[]): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/plugin-server/tests/main/ingestion-queues/each-batch.test.ts b/plugin-server/tests/main/ingestion-queues/each-batch.test.ts
index 0580f53d2724b..ed40b3c98f691 100644
--- a/plugin-server/tests/main/ingestion-queues/each-batch.test.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/tests/main/ingestion-queues/each-batch.test.ts
@@ -214,7 +214,11 @@ describe('eachBatchX', () => {
             const hookCannon = new HookCommander(
                 queue.pluginsServer.postgres,
                 queue.pluginsServer.teamManager,
-                queue.pluginsServer.organizationManager
+                queue.pluginsServer.organizationManager,
+                new Set(),
+                queue.pluginsServer.appMetrics,
+                undefined,
+                queue.pluginsServer.EXTERNAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS
             )
             const matchSpy = jest.spyOn(actionMatcher, 'match')
             // mock hasWebhooks to return true
diff --git a/plugin-server/tests/worker/ingestion/event-pipeline/event-pipeline-integration.test.ts b/plugin-server/tests/worker/ingestion/event-pipeline/event-pipeline-integration.test.ts
index 71643e2668b48..0b65c4563594f 100644
--- a/plugin-server/tests/worker/ingestion/event-pipeline/event-pipeline-integration.test.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/tests/worker/ingestion/event-pipeline/event-pipeline-integration.test.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,15 @@ describe('Event Pipeline integration test', () => {
         actionManager = new ActionManager(hub.db.postgres)
         await actionManager.prepare()
         actionMatcher = new ActionMatcher(hub.db.postgres, actionManager)
-        hookCannon = new HookCommander(hub.db.postgres, hub.teamManager, hub.organizationManager)
+        hookCannon = new HookCommander(
+            hub.db.postgres,
+            hub.teamManager,
+            hub.organizationManager,
+            new Set(hub.FETCH_HOSTNAME_GUARD_TEAMS.split(',').filter(String).map(Number)),
+            hub.appMetrics,
+            undefined,
+            hub.EXTERNAL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS
+        )
 
         jest.spyOn(hub.db, 'fetchPerson')
         jest.spyOn(hub.db, 'createPerson')
diff --git a/plugin-server/tests/worker/ingestion/hooks.test.ts b/plugin-server/tests/worker/ingestion/hooks.test.ts
index 8f8a1337c0276..47f70a8b04ff8 100644
--- a/plugin-server/tests/worker/ingestion/hooks.test.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/tests/worker/ingestion/hooks.test.ts
@@ -491,8 +491,9 @@ describe('hooks', () => {
                 {} as any,
                 {} as any,
                 new Set([hook.team_id]), // Hostname guard enabled
-                // mock object with queueError function as no-op
-                { queueError: () => Promise.resolve(), queueMetric: () => Promise.resolve() } as AppMetrics
+                { queueError: () => Promise.resolve(), queueMetric: () => Promise.resolve() } as unknown as AppMetrics,
+                undefined,
+                20000
             )
         })
 
@@ -517,7 +518,7 @@ describe('hooks', () => {
                 ),
                 headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
                 method: 'POST',
-                timeout: 10000,
+                timeout: 20000,
             })
         })
 
@@ -556,7 +557,7 @@ describe('hooks', () => {
                 ),
                 headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
                 method: 'POST',
-                timeout: 10000,
+                timeout: 20000,
             })
         })