diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/config_templates/config.yml b/airflow-core/src/airflow/config_templates/config.yml
index 0a8d29eb41be4..131d71c5b57a3 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/config_templates/config.yml
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/config_templates/config.yml
@@ -1618,6 +1618,15 @@ workers:
       type: float
       example: ~
       default: "90.0"
+    execution_api_timeout:
+      description: |
+        The timeout (in seconds) for HTTP requests from workers to the Execution API server.
+        This controls how long a worker will wait for a response from the API server before
+        timing out. Increase this value if you experience timeout errors under high load.
+      version_added: 3.1.1
+      type: float
+      example: ~
+      default: "5.0"
     socket_cleanup_timeout:
       description: |
         Number of seconds to wait after a task process exits before forcibly closing any
diff --git a/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/api/client.py b/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/api/client.py
index 105faaf21cddd..a6a12e9daca50 100644
--- a/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/api/client.py
+++ b/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/api/client.py
@@ -829,6 +829,7 @@ def noop_handler(request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
 API_RETRY_WAIT_MIN = conf.getfloat("workers", "execution_api_retry_wait_min")
 API_RETRY_WAIT_MAX = conf.getfloat("workers", "execution_api_retry_wait_max")
 API_SSL_CERT_PATH = conf.get("api", "ssl_cert")
+API_TIMEOUT = conf.getfloat("workers", "execution_api_timeout")
 
 
 class Client(httpx.Client):
@@ -848,6 +849,10 @@ def __init__(self, *, base_url: str | None, dry_run: bool = False, token: str, *
             if API_SSL_CERT_PATH:
                 ctx.load_verify_locations(API_SSL_CERT_PATH)
             kwargs["verify"] = ctx
+
+        # Set timeout if not explicitly provided
+        kwargs.setdefault("timeout", API_TIMEOUT)
+
         pyver = f"{'.'.join(map(str, sys.version_info[:3]))}"
         super().__init__(
             auth=auth,
diff --git a/task-sdk/tests/task_sdk/api/test_client.py b/task-sdk/tests/task_sdk/api/test_client.py
index cbd7c80bb0178..32a709663acb2 100644
--- a/task-sdk/tests/task_sdk/api/test_client.py
+++ b/task-sdk/tests/task_sdk/api/test_client.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 from uuid6 import uuid7
 
 from airflow.sdk import timezone
-from airflow.sdk.api.client import RemoteValidationError, ServerResponseError
+from airflow.sdk.api.client import Client, RemoteValidationError, ServerResponseError
 from airflow.sdk.api.datamodels._generated import (
     AssetEventsResponse,
     AssetResponse,
@@ -99,6 +99,23 @@ def handle_request(request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
 
         assert isinstance(err.value, FileNotFoundError)
 
+    @mock.patch("airflow.sdk.api.client.API_TIMEOUT", 60.0)
+    def test_timeout_configuration(self):
+        def handle_request(request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
+            return httpx.Response(status_code=200)
+
+        client = make_client(httpx.MockTransport(handle_request))
+        assert client.timeout == httpx.Timeout(60.0)
+
+    def test_timeout_can_be_overridden(self):
+        def handle_request(request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
+            return httpx.Response(status_code=200)
+
+        client = Client(
+            base_url="test://server", token="", transport=httpx.MockTransport(handle_request), timeout=120.0
+        )
+        assert client.timeout == httpx.Timeout(120.0)
+
     def test_error_parsing(self):
         responses = [
             httpx.Response(422, json={"detail": [{"loc": ["#0"], "msg": "err", "type": "required"}]})