diff --git a/src/paperless_mail/parsers.py b/src/paperless_mail/parsers.py
index f7daa758e..dec2b4754 100644
--- a/src/paperless_mail/parsers.py
+++ b/src/paperless_mail/parsers.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ class MailDocumentParser(DocumentParser):
                         file_multi_part[2],
                     )
 
-                response = httpx.post(url_merge, files=pdf_collection)
+                response = httpx.post(url_merge, files=pdf_collection, timeout=30.0)
                 response.raise_for_status()  # ensure we notice bad responses
 
                 archive_path.write_bytes(response.content)
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ class MailDocumentParser(DocumentParser):
                     files=files,
                     headers=headers,
                     data=data,
+                    timeout=30.0,
                 )
                 response.raise_for_status()  # ensure we notice bad responses
             except Exception as err:
@@ -414,11 +415,7 @@ class MailDocumentParser(DocumentParser):
                     file_multi_part[2],
                 )
 
-            response = httpx.post(
-                url,
-                files=files,
-                data=data,
-            )
+            response = httpx.post(url, files=files, data=data, timeout=30.0)
             response.raise_for_status()  # ensure we notice bad responses
         except Exception as err:
             raise ParseError(f"Error while converting document to PDF: {err}") from err
diff --git a/src/paperless_tika/parsers.py b/src/paperless_tika/parsers.py
index 8b476bfd8..876696633 100644
--- a/src/paperless_tika/parsers.py
+++ b/src/paperless_tika/parsers.py
@@ -96,7 +96,13 @@ class TikaDocumentParser(DocumentParser):
                 data["pdfFormat"] = "PDF/A-3b"
 
             try:
-                response = httpx.post(url, files=files, headers=headers, data=data)
+                response = httpx.post(
+                    url,
+                    files=files,
+                    headers=headers,
+                    data=data,
+                    timeout=30.0,
+                )
                 response.raise_for_status()  # ensure we notice bad responses
             except Exception as err:
                 raise ParseError(