diff --git a/pyramid_oereb/contrib/data_sources/swisstopo/address.py b/pyramid_oereb/contrib/data_sources/swisstopo/address.py
index 317fb0ea8b..92b62de8a8 100644
--- a/pyramid_oereb/contrib/data_sources/swisstopo/address.py
+++ b/pyramid_oereb/contrib/data_sources/swisstopo/address.py
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ def read(self, params, street_name, zip_code, street_number):
             self._geoadmin_url,
             params=request_params,
             proxies=self._proxies,
-            headers=headers
+            headers=headers,
+            timeout=4
         )
         if response.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
             rp = Reprojector()