diff --git a/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml b/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml
index 4b5950a1ea..d3f354312a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ jobs:
     concurrency:
       group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.job }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}-agent-api-amd64
       cancel-in-progress: true
+    timeout-minutes: 30
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-checks.yaml
index d51ed74715..84d7152cb9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-checks.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-checks.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ 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 f4b761a3b3..09e4089b94 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-amd64.yaml
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ 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 e04264751f..2962e2cc36 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 7686e335eb..eb07ee7f1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-ppc64le.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-kata-static-tarball-ppc64le.yaml
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ 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 858db8a0fe..a032b752a1 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