diff --git a/cypress/integration/rendering/timeline.spec.ts b/cypress/integration/rendering/timeline.spec.ts
index c748b54d3c..5d38ca0042 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/rendering/timeline.spec.ts
+++ b/cypress/integration/rendering/timeline.spec.ts
@@ -161,4 +161,42 @@ describe('Timeline diagram', () => {
       {}
     );
   });
+
+  it('11: should render a simple timeline with a custom width of 300', () => {
+    imgSnapshotTest(
+      `%%{init: { 'logLevel': 'debug', 'timeline': { 'width': 300 } } }%%
+    timeline
+        title History of Social Media Platform
+          2002 : LinkedIn
+          2004 : Facebook : Google
+          2005 : Youtube
+          2006 : Twitter
+          2007 : Tumblr
+          2008 : Instagram
+          2010 : Pinterest
+      `,
+      {
+        timeline: {
+          width: 300,
+        },
+      }
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('12: should render a simple timeline with default width of 150', () => {
+    imgSnapshotTest(
+      `%%{init: { 'logLevel': 'debug', 'timeline': { 'width': 150 } } }%%
+    timeline
+        title History of Social Media Platform
+          2002 : LinkedIn
+          2004 : Facebook : Google
+          2005 : Youtube
+          2006 : Twitter
+          2007 : Tumblr
+          2008 : Instagram
+          2010 : Pinterest
+      `,
+      {}
+    );
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/timeline/timelineRenderer.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/timeline/timelineRenderer.ts
index b3405bc1bf..8d718d3299 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/timeline/timelineRenderer.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/timeline/timelineRenderer.ts
@@ -25,12 +25,17 @@ interface TimelineTask {
   score: number;
   events: string[];
 }
+
+const DEFAULT_TASK_WIDTH = 150;
+
 export const draw = function (text: string, id: string, version: string, diagObj: Diagram) {
   //1. Fetch the configuration
   const conf = getConfig();
   // @ts-expect-error - wrong config?
   const LEFT_MARGIN = conf.leftMargin ?? 50;
 
+  const taskWidth = conf?.timeline?.width ?? DEFAULT_TASK_WIDTH;
+
   log.debug('timeline', diagObj.db);
 
   const securityLevel = conf.securityLevel;
@@ -82,7 +87,7 @@ export const draw = function (text: string, id: string, version: string, diagObj
       number: sectionNumber,
       descr: section,
       section: sectionNumber,
-      width: 150,
+      width: taskWidth,
       padding: 20,
       maxHeight: maxSectionHeight,
     };
@@ -103,7 +108,7 @@ export const draw = function (text: string, id: string, version: string, diagObj
       number: i,
       descr: task,
       section: task.section,
-      width: 150,
+      width: taskWidth,
       padding: 20,
       maxHeight: maxTaskHeight,
     };
@@ -120,7 +125,7 @@ export const draw = function (text: string, id: string, version: string, diagObj
         descr: event,
         section: task.section,
         number: task.section,
-        width: 150,
+        width: taskWidth,
         padding: 20,
         maxHeight: 50,
       };
@@ -132,6 +137,8 @@ export const draw = function (text: string, id: string, version: string, diagObj
   log.debug('maxSectionHeight before draw', maxSectionHeight);
   log.debug('maxTaskHeight before draw', maxTaskHeight);
 
+  const sectionWidth = taskWidth + 50;
+
   if (sections && sections.length > 0) {
     sections.forEach((section) => {
       //filter task where tasks.section == section
@@ -141,7 +148,7 @@ export const draw = function (text: string, id: string, version: string, diagObj
         number: sectionNumber,
         descr: section,
         section: sectionNumber,
-        width: 200 * Math.max(tasksForSection.length, 1) - 50,
+        width: sectionWidth * Math.max(tasksForSection.length, 1) - 50,
         padding: 20,
         maxHeight: maxSectionHeight,
       };
@@ -171,7 +178,7 @@ export const draw = function (text: string, id: string, version: string, diagObj
         );
       }
       // todo replace with total width of section and its tasks
-      masterX += 200 * Math.max(tasksForSection.length, 1);
+      masterX += sectionWidth * Math.max(tasksForSection.length, 1);
 
       masterY = sectionBeginY;
       sectionNumber++;
@@ -246,6 +253,8 @@ export const drawTasks = function (
   maxSectionHeight: number,
   isWithoutSections: boolean
 ) {
+  const taskWidth = conf?.timeline?.width ?? DEFAULT_TASK_WIDTH;
+
   // Draw the tasks
   for (const task of tasks) {
     // create node from task
@@ -253,7 +262,7 @@ export const drawTasks = function (
       descr: task.task,
       section: sectionColor,
       number: sectionColor,
-      width: 150,
+      width: taskWidth,
       padding: 20,
       maxHeight: maxTaskHeight,
     };
@@ -282,11 +291,13 @@ export const drawTasks = function (
         lineLength + drawEvents(diagram, task.events, sectionColor, masterX, masterY, conf);
       masterY -= 100;
 
+      const xWidth = masterX + (taskWidth + 40) / 2;
+
       lineWrapper
         .append('line')
-        .attr('x1', masterX + 190 / 2)
+        .attr('x1', xWidth)
         .attr('y1', masterY + maxTaskHeight) // One section head + one task + margins
-        .attr('x2', masterX + 190 / 2) // Subtract stroke width so arrow point is retained
+        .attr('x2', xWidth) // Subtract stroke width so arrow point is retained
         .attr(
           'y2',
           masterY +
@@ -301,7 +312,7 @@ export const drawTasks = function (
         .attr('stroke-dasharray', '5,5');
     }
 
-    masterX = masterX + 200;
+    masterX = masterX + (taskWidth + 50);
     if (isWithoutSections && !conf.timeline?.disableMulticolor) {
       sectionColor++;
     }
@@ -322,6 +333,9 @@ export const drawEvents = function (
   let maxEventHeight = 0;
   const eventBeginY = masterY;
   masterY = masterY + 100;
+
+  const eventNodeWidth = conf?.timeline?.width ?? DEFAULT_TASK_WIDTH;
+
   // Draw the events
   for (const event of events) {
     // create node from event
@@ -329,7 +343,7 @@ export const drawEvents = function (
       descr: event,
       section: sectionColor,
       number: sectionColor,
-      width: 150,
+      width: eventNodeWidth,
       padding: 20,
       maxHeight: 50,
     };