diff --git a/src/admin/versions.js b/src/admin/versions.js
index f9cc395319..ed826f7d6f 100644
--- a/src/admin/versions.js
+++ b/src/admin/versions.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ function getLatestVersion(callback) {
 	request('https://api.github.com/repos/NodeBB/NodeBB/tags', {
 		json: true,
 		headers: headers,
+		timeout: 1000,
 	}, function (err, res, releases) {
 		if (err) {
 			return callback(err);