diff --git a/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml b/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml
index f0094a44d0..c703e68680 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ jobs:
   run-kata-agent-apis:
     name: run-kata-agent-apis
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    timeout-minutes: 20
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-checks.yaml
index 5058bf64c6..357a47c5b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-checks.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ name: Build checks
 jobs:
   check:
     name: check
+    timeout-minutes: 60
     runs-on: >-
       ${{
         ( contains(inputs.instance, 's390x') && matrix.component.name == 'runtime' ) && 's390x' ||
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
index 0e0bb0e0a0..fd7940c71a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ jobs:
   create-kata-tarball:
     name: create-kata-tarball
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    timeout-minutes: 10
     needs: [build-asset, build-asset-rootfs, build-asset-shim-v2]
     permissions:
       contents: read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-arm64.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-arm64.yaml
index ecf1c13d64..4f424407d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-arm64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-arm64.yaml
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ jobs:
   create-kata-tarball:
     name: create-kata-tarball
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+    timeout-minutes: 10
     needs: [build-asset, build-asset-rootfs, build-asset-shim-v2]
     permissions:
       contents: read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-ppc64le.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-ppc64le.yaml
index 3ca2d02902..c917f968a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-ppc64le.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-ppc64le.yaml
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ jobs:
   create-kata-tarball:
     name: create-kata-tarball
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-ppc64le
+    timeout-minutes: 10
     needs: [build-asset, build-asset-rootfs, build-asset-shim-v2]
     permissions:
       contents: read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-s390x.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-s390x.yaml
index 4a5cc99770..dc3e815b05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-s390x.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-s390x.yaml
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ jobs:
   create-kata-tarball:
     name: create-kata-tarball
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04-s390x
+    timeout-minutes: 10
     needs:
       - build-asset
       - build-asset-rootfs