diff --git a/cosmos/airflow/graph.py b/cosmos/airflow/graph.py
index f507b03ac..a18f148a3 100644
--- a/cosmos/airflow/graph.py
+++ b/cosmos/airflow/graph.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from datetime import timedelta
 from typing import Any, Callable, Union
 
 from airflow.models import BaseOperator
@@ -166,6 +167,8 @@ def create_task_metadata(
             task_id = f"{node.name}_run"
             if use_task_group is True:
                 task_id = "run"
+            if "cosmos_task_timeout" in node.config.keys():
+                args["execution_timeout"] = timedelta(seconds=int(node.config["cosmos_task_timeout"]))
         elif node.resource_type == DbtResourceType.SOURCE:
             if (source_rendering_behavior == SourceRenderingBehavior.NONE) or (
                 source_rendering_behavior == SourceRenderingBehavior.WITH_TESTS_OR_FRESHNESS
diff --git a/docs/configuration/index.rst b/docs/configuration/index.rst
index f6e60f61b..39895548e 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/index.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration/index.rst
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ Cosmos offers a number of configuration options to customize its behavior. For m
    Compiled SQL <compiled-sql>
    Logging <logging>
    Caching <caching>
+   Task Timeout <task-timeout>
diff --git a/docs/configuration/task-timeout.rst b/docs/configuration/task-timeout.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16dd844ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/configuration/task-timeout.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+.. _task-timeout:
+
+Task Timeout
+================
+
+In Airflow, the ``execution_timeout`` parameter allows you to set the maximum runtime for a Task.
+In Cosmos, you can apply an ``execution_timeout`` to each dbt model task by specifying a ``cosmos_task_timeout`` in the model’s configuration, which sets a runtime threshold to trigger a timeout error if exceeded.
+
+Example:
+
+.. code-block:: yaml
+
+    version: 2
+
+    models:
+    - name: my_model
+      config:
+        - cosmos_task_timeout: 600 # Specify in seconds.
diff --git a/tests/airflow/test_graph.py b/tests/airflow/test_graph.py
index 1bd8cab35..d2fd11690 100644
--- a/tests/airflow/test_graph.py
+++ b/tests/airflow/test_graph.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import os
-from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from pathlib import Path
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
 
@@ -568,6 +568,22 @@ def test_create_task_metadata_snapshot(caplog):
     assert metadata.arguments == {"models": "my_snapshot"}
 
 
+def test_create_task_metadata_timeout():
+    sample_node = DbtNode(
+        unique_id=f"{DbtResourceType.MODEL.value}.my_folder.my_model",
+        resource_type=DbtResourceType.MODEL,
+        depends_on=[],
+        file_path="",
+        tags=[],
+        config={"cosmos_task_timeout": 1},
+    )
+    metadata = create_task_metadata(
+        sample_node, execution_mode=ExecutionMode.LOCAL, args={}, dbt_dag_task_group_identifier=""
+    )
+    assert "execution_timeout" in metadata.arguments
+    assert metadata.arguments["execution_timeout"] == timedelta(seconds=1)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "node_type,node_unique_id,test_indirect_selection,additional_arguments",
     [