diff --git a/src/cli/settings/ls.rs b/src/cli/settings/ls.rs
index 1d471c498..2a7dc14c6 100644
--- a/src/cli/settings/ls.rs
+++ b/src/cli/settings/ls.rs
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ mod tests {
         go_set_gopath = false
         go_set_goroot = true
         go_skip_checksum = false
+        http_timeout = 30
         jobs = 2
         legacy_version_file = true
         legacy_version_file_disable_tools = []
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ mod tests {
         go_set_gopath
         go_set_goroot
         go_skip_checksum
+        http_timeout
         jobs
         legacy_version_file
         legacy_version_file_disable_tools
diff --git a/src/cli/settings/set.rs b/src/cli/settings/set.rs
index 79ebae77d..e586247fe 100644
--- a/src/cli/settings/set.rs
+++ b/src/cli/settings/set.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ impl SettingsSet {
             "go_set_gopath" => parse_bool(&self.value)?,
             "go_set_goroot" => parse_bool(&self.value)?,
             "go_skip_checksum" => parse_bool(&self.value)?,
+            "http_timeout" => parse_i64(&self.value)?,
             "jobs" => parse_i64(&self.value)?,
             "legacy_version_file" => parse_bool(&self.value)?,
             "node_compile" => parse_bool(&self.value)?,
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ pub mod tests {
         go_set_gopath = false
         go_set_goroot = true
         go_skip_checksum = false
+        http_timeout = 30
         jobs = 2
         legacy_version_file = false
         legacy_version_file_disable_tools = []
diff --git a/src/cli/settings/unset.rs b/src/cli/settings/unset.rs
index 9de68e9ff..a874dc9d0 100644
--- a/src/cli/settings/unset.rs
+++ b/src/cli/settings/unset.rs
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ mod tests {
         go_set_gopath = false
         go_set_goroot = true
         go_skip_checksum = false
+        http_timeout = 30
         jobs = 2
         legacy_version_file = true
         legacy_version_file_disable_tools = []
diff --git a/src/config/settings.rs b/src/config/settings.rs
index 2c134e19c..46f8fc437 100644
--- a/src/config/settings.rs
+++ b/src/config/settings.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ pub struct Settings {
     /// set to true to skip checksum verification when downloading go sdk tarballs
     #[config(env = "MISE_GO_SKIP_CHECKSUM", default = false)]
     pub go_skip_checksum: bool,
+    #[config(env = "MISE_HTTP_TIMEOUT", default = 30)]
+    pub http_timeout: u64,
     #[config(env = "MISE_JOBS", default = 4)]
     pub jobs: usize,
     #[config(env = "MISE_LEGACY_VERSION_FILE", default = true)]
diff --git a/src/http.rs b/src/http.rs
index 28b80bd67..3ee524c01 100644
--- a/src/http.rs
+++ b/src/http.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
 use url::Url;
 
 use crate::cli::version;
+use crate::config::Settings;
 use crate::env::MISE_FETCH_REMOTE_VERSIONS_TIMEOUT;
 use crate::file::display_path;
 use crate::ui::progress_report::SingleReport;
@@ -19,7 +20,8 @@ use crate::{env, file};
 pub static HTTP_VERSION_CHECK: Lazy<Client> =
     Lazy::new(|| Client::new(Duration::from_secs(3)).unwrap());
 
-pub static HTTP: Lazy<Client> = Lazy::new(|| Client::new(Duration::from_secs(30)).unwrap());
+pub static HTTP: Lazy<Client> =
+    Lazy::new(|| Client::new(Duration::from_secs(Settings::get().http_timeout)).unwrap());
 
 pub static HTTP_FETCH: Lazy<Client> =
     Lazy::new(|| Client::new(*MISE_FETCH_REMOTE_VERSIONS_TIMEOUT).unwrap());