diff --git a/client/src/hooks/datafiles/mutations/useUpload.ts b/client/src/hooks/datafiles/mutations/useUpload.ts
index 49ff1c3f4..4a1354ce5 100644
--- a/client/src/hooks/datafiles/mutations/useUpload.ts
+++ b/client/src/hooks/datafiles/mutations/useUpload.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import Cookies from 'js-cookie';
 import truncateMiddle from 'utils/truncateMiddle';
 import { useMutation } from '@tanstack/react-query';
 
+apiClient.defaults.timeout = 5 * 60 * 1000; // 5 minutes
+
 export async function uploadUtil({
   api,
   scheme,
diff --git a/client/src/utils/apiClient.ts b/client/src/utils/apiClient.ts
index 8ebdc8474..4cf092d87 100644
--- a/client/src/utils/apiClient.ts
+++ b/client/src/utils/apiClient.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import axios, { AxiosError } from 'axios';
 export type TApiError = AxiosError<{ message?: string }>;
 
 export const apiClient = axios.create({
-  timeout: 30000,
+  timeout: 60 * 1000, // 1 minute
   xsrfHeaderName: 'X-CSRFToken',
   xsrfCookieName: 'csrftoken',
 });