diff --git a/contrib/build-linux/appimage/make_appimage.sh b/contrib/build-linux/appimage/make_appimage.sh
index f83eba279..b6cde70ff 100755
--- a/contrib/build-linux/appimage/make_appimage.sh
+++ b/contrib/build-linux/appimage/make_appimage.sh
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ info "Installing build dependencies."
 #         and I am not quite sure how to break the circular dependence there (I guess we could introduce
 #         "requirements-build-base-base.txt" with just wheel in it...)
 "$python" -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-dependencies --no-warn-script-location \
-    --cache-dir "$PIP_CACHE_DIR" -r "$CONTRIB/deterministic-build/requirements-build-base.txt"
+    --timeout 120 --cache-dir "$PIP_CACHE_DIR" -r "$CONTRIB/deterministic-build/requirements-build-base.txt"
 "$python" -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-dependencies --no-binary :all: --no-warn-script-location \
-    --cache-dir "$PIP_CACHE_DIR" -r "$CONTRIB/deterministic-build/requirements-build-appimage.txt"
+    --timeout 120 --cache-dir "$PIP_CACHE_DIR" -r "$CONTRIB/deterministic-build/requirements-build-appimage.txt"
 
 
 # opt out of compiling C extensions
@@ -145,14 +145,14 @@ export ELECTRUM_ECC_DONT_COMPILE=1
 
 info "installing electrum and its dependencies."
 "$python" -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-dependencies --no-binary :all: --no-warn-script-location \
-    --cache-dir "$PIP_CACHE_DIR" -r "$CONTRIB/deterministic-build/requirements.txt"
+    --timeout 120 --cache-dir "$PIP_CACHE_DIR" -r "$CONTRIB/deterministic-build/requirements.txt"
 "$python" -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-dependencies --no-binary :all: --only-binary PyQt6,PyQt6-Qt6,cryptography --no-warn-script-location \
-    --cache-dir "$PIP_CACHE_DIR" -r "$CONTRIB/deterministic-build/requirements-binaries.txt"
+    --timeout 120 --cache-dir "$PIP_CACHE_DIR" -r "$CONTRIB/deterministic-build/requirements-binaries.txt"
 "$python" -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-dependencies --no-binary :all: --no-warn-script-location \
-    --cache-dir "$PIP_CACHE_DIR" -r "$CONTRIB/deterministic-build/requirements-hw.txt"
+    --timeout 120 --cache-dir "$PIP_CACHE_DIR" -r "$CONTRIB/deterministic-build/requirements-hw.txt"
 
 "$python" -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-dependencies --no-warn-script-location \
-    --cache-dir "$PIP_CACHE_DIR" "$PROJECT_ROOT"
+    --timeout 120 --cache-dir "$PIP_CACHE_DIR" "$PROJECT_ROOT"
 
 # was only needed during build time, not runtime
 "$python" -m pip uninstall -y Cython
diff --git a/contrib/build-wine/build-electrum-git.sh b/contrib/build-wine/build-electrum-git.sh
index b1b30a9a3..01fbc21da 100755
--- a/contrib/build-wine/build-electrum-git.sh
+++ b/contrib/build-wine/build-electrum-git.sh
@@ -37,15 +37,15 @@ export ELECTRUM_ECC_DONT_COMPILE=1
 
 info "Installing requirements..."
 $WINE_PYTHON -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-dependencies --no-binary :all: --no-warn-script-location \
-    --cache-dir "$WINE_PIP_CACHE_DIR" -r "$CONTRIB"/deterministic-build/requirements.txt
+    --timeout 120 --cache-dir "$WINE_PIP_CACHE_DIR" -r "$CONTRIB"/deterministic-build/requirements.txt
 info "Installing dependencies specific to binaries..."
 # TODO tighten "--no-binary :all:" (but we don't have a C compiler...)
 $WINE_PYTHON -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-dependencies --no-warn-script-location \
-    --no-binary :all: --only-binary cffi,cryptography,PyQt6,PyQt6-Qt6,PyQt6-sip \
+    --timeout 120 --no-binary :all: --only-binary cffi,cryptography,PyQt6,PyQt6-Qt6,PyQt6-sip \
     --cache-dir "$WINE_PIP_CACHE_DIR" -r "$CONTRIB"/deterministic-build/requirements-binaries.txt
 info "Installing hardware wallet requirements..."
 $WINE_PYTHON -m pip install --no-build-isolation --no-dependencies --no-warn-script-location \
-    --no-binary :all: --only-binary cffi,cryptography,hidapi \
+    --timeout 120 --no-binary :all: --only-binary cffi,cryptography,hidapi \
     --cache-dir "$WINE_PIP_CACHE_DIR" -r "$CONTRIB"/deterministic-build/requirements-hw.txt
 
 pushd "$PROJECT_ROOT"