diff --git a/playbooks/common-tasks/set-pip-upstream-url.yml b/playbooks/common-tasks/set-pip-upstream-url.yml
index 7fdc0353e2..dcb68d02e2 100644
--- a/playbooks/common-tasks/set-pip-upstream-url.yml
+++ b/playbooks/common-tasks/set-pip-upstream-url.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   uri:
     url: "{{ pip_upstream_url }}"
     method: "HEAD"
+    timeout: 3
   register: _repo_data_check
   failed_when: false
   when: pip_upstream_url != "https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py"
diff --git a/playbooks/common-tasks/set-upper-constraints.yml b/playbooks/common-tasks/set-upper-constraints.yml
index 50cd96ae77..d97e167efc 100644
--- a/playbooks/common-tasks/set-upper-constraints.yml
+++ b/playbooks/common-tasks/set-upper-constraints.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   uri:
     url: "{{ pip_install_upper_constraints }}"
     method: "HEAD"
+    timeout: 3
   register: upper_constraints_check
   failed_when: false
   tags:
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
   uri:
     url: "{{ pip_default_index }}"
     method: "HEAD"
+    timeout: 3
   register: pip_default_index_check
   failed_when: false
   tags: