diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d97eddf..fbb854a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ This library enables you to manage Artifactory resources such as users, groups,
 - [Usage](#usage)
   * [Authentication](#authentication)
   * [SSL Cert Verification Options](#ssl-cert-verification-options)
+  * [Timeout option](#timeout-option)
   * [Admin objects](#admin-objects)
     + [User](#user)
     + [Group](#group)
@@ -90,6 +91,17 @@ art = Artifactory(url="ARTIFACTORY_URL", auth=('USERNAME','PASSWORD_OR_API_KEY')
 
 > `verify` can be also set as a boolean to enable/disable SSL host verification.
 
+### Timeout option
+
+Use timeout option to limit connect and read timeout in case the artifactory server is not responding in a timely manner.
+
+```python
+from pyartifactory import Artifactory
+art = Artifactory(url="ARTIFACTORY_URL", auth=('USERNAME','PASSWORD_OR_API_KEY'), api_version=1, timeout=60)
+```
+
+> `timeout` is None by default.
+
 ### Admin objects
 
 #### User
diff --git a/pyartifactory/models/auth.py b/pyartifactory/models/auth.py
index ffb0100..b9e52e5 100644
--- a/pyartifactory/models/auth.py
+++ b/pyartifactory/models/auth.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class AuthModel(BaseModel):
     verify: Union[bool, str] = True
     cert: Optional[str] = None
     api_version: int = 1
+    timeout: Optional[int] = None
 
 
 class ApiKeyModel(BaseModel):
diff --git a/pyartifactory/objects/object.py b/pyartifactory/objects/object.py
index 6c8bf6d..54b8daa 100644
--- a/pyartifactory/objects/object.py
+++ b/pyartifactory/objects/object.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ def __init__(self, artifactory: AuthModel) -> None:
         self._api_version = self._artifactory.api_version
         self._verify = self._artifactory.verify
         self._cert = self._artifactory.cert
+        self._timeout = self._artifactory.timeout
         self.session = requests.Session()
 
     def _get(self, route: str, **kwargs) -> Response:
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ def _generic_http_method_request(
             **kwargs,
             verify=self._verify,
             cert=self._cert,
+            timeout=self._timeout,
         )
         if raise_for_status:
             response.raise_for_status()
diff --git a/tests/test_object.py b/tests/test_object.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..163d19b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_object.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pyartifactory import ArtifactoryArtifact
+from pyartifactory.models import AuthModel
+
+URL = "http://localhost:8080/artifactory"
+AUTH = ("user", "password_or_apiKey")
+ARTIFACT_REPO = "my_repository"
+
+
+# Test that timeout is used by requests
+def test_get_artifact_folder_info_timeout(mocker):
+    artifactory = ArtifactoryArtifact(AuthModel(url=URL, auth=AUTH, timeout=1))
+    artifactory.session = mocker.MagicMock()
+    mocker.patch("pyartifactory.models.artifact.ArtifactFolderInfoResponse.model_validate")
+    artifactory.session.return_value = mocker.MagicMock()
+    artifactory.info("ARTIFACT_REPO")
+    assert artifactory.session.get.call_args_list[0][1]["timeout"] == 1