diff --git a/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Server.mjs b/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Server.mjs
index 057dd51e60..d06ddb4446 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Server.mjs
+++ b/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Server.mjs
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ if (Settings.csp && Settings.csp.enabled) {
 
 logger.debug('creating HTTP server'.yellow)
 const server = http.createServer(app)
+server.requestTimeout = 15 * 60 * 1000
 
 // provide settings for separate web and api processes
 if (Settings.enabledServices.includes('api')) {
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/infrastructure/batch-file-uploader.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/infrastructure/batch-file-uploader.ts
index 9f18c9e18e..62cfa82b54 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/infrastructure/batch-file-uploader.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/infrastructure/batch-file-uploader.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ async function uploadOne(
       headers: {
         'X-CSRF-TOKEN': getMeta('ol-csrfToken'),
       },
+      signal: AbortSignal.timeout(15 * 60 * 1000),
     })
 
     if (!response.ok) {