diff --git a/examples/us_capitals.py b/examples/us_capitals.py
index 98c086b..b9a357c 100644
--- a/examples/us_capitals.py
+++ b/examples/us_capitals.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/jpriebe/d62a45e29f24e843c974/"
     "raw/b1d3066d245e742018bce56e41788ac7afa60e29/us_state_capitals.json"
 )
-response = requests.get(URL)
+response = requests.get(URL, timeout=10)
 for _, data in json.loads(response.text).items():
     capital = staticmaps.create_latlng(float(data["lat"]), float(data["long"]))
     context.add_object(staticmaps.Marker(capital, size=5))
diff --git a/staticmaps/tile_downloader.py b/staticmaps/tile_downloader.py
index 353f1ba..51a55d4 100644
--- a/staticmaps/tile_downloader.py
+++ b/staticmaps/tile_downloader.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def get(self, provider: TileProvider, cache_dir: str, zoom: int, x: int, y: int)
         url = provider.url(zoom, x, y)
         if url is None:
             return None
-        res = requests.get(url, headers={"user-agent": self._user_agent})
+        res = requests.get(url, headers={"user-agent": self._user_agent}, timeout=10)
         if res.status_code == 200:
             data = res.content
         else: