diff --git a/check_forgejo_upgrade b/check_forgejo_upgrade
index fd78a23..3483d13 100755
--- a/check_forgejo_upgrade
+++ b/check_forgejo_upgrade
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ parser.add_argument(
     dest="include_rc",
     help="Allow release candidate (default: only stable release are considered)",
 )
+parser.add_argument(
+    "-t", "--timeout", type=int, help="Specify timeout for HTTP requests (default: 20)", default=20
+)
 
 options = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ if not CURRENT:
 LATEST = None
 try:
     logging.debug("Get releases RSS feed from %s...", options.url)
-    r = requests.get(options.url)
+    r = requests.get(options.url, timeout=options.timeout)
     logging.debug("Data retreive:\n%s", r.text)
     data = xmltodict.parse(r.text)
     for item in data["rss"]["channel"]["item"]: