diff --git a/agents-api/agents_api/activities/excecute_api_call.py b/agents-api/agents_api/activities/excecute_api_call.py
index e7752aa06..c938a065c 100644
--- a/agents-api/agents_api/activities/excecute_api_call.py
+++ b/agents-api/agents_api/activities/excecute_api_call.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ async def execute_api_call(
     request_args: RequestArgs,
 ) -> Any:
     try:
-        async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+        async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=60.0) as client:
             arg_url = request_args.pop("url", None)
             arg_headers = request_args.pop("headers", None)