diff --git a/src/servers/http/server.rs b/src/servers/http/server.rs
index 7c8148f2..a68f7d16 100644
--- a/src/servers/http/server.rs
+++ b/src/servers/http/server.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use tokio::sync::oneshot::{Receiver, Sender};
 use super::v1::routes::router;
 use crate::bootstrap::jobs::Started;
 use crate::core::Tracker;
+use crate::servers::custom_axum_server::{self, TimeoutAcceptor};
 use crate::servers::registar::{ServiceHealthCheckJob, ServiceRegistration, ServiceRegistrationForm};
 use crate::servers::signals::{graceful_shutdown, Halted};
 
@@ -60,13 +61,15 @@ impl Launcher {
 
         let running = Box::pin(async {
             match tls {
-                Some(tls) => axum_server::from_tcp_rustls(socket, tls)
+                Some(tls) => custom_axum_server::from_tcp_rustls_with_timeouts(socket, tls)
                     .handle(handle)
+                    .acceptor(TimeoutAcceptor)
                     .serve(app.into_make_service_with_connect_info::<std::net::SocketAddr>())
                     .await
                     .expect("Axum server crashed."),
-                None => axum_server::from_tcp(socket)
+                None => custom_axum_server::from_tcp_with_timeouts(socket)
                     .handle(handle)
+                    .acceptor(TimeoutAcceptor)
                     .serve(app.into_make_service_with_connect_info::<std::net::SocketAddr>())
                     .await
                     .expect("Axum server crashed."),
diff --git a/src/servers/http/v1/routes.rs b/src/servers/http/v1/routes.rs
index 05cd3871..c54da51a 100644
--- a/src/servers/http/v1/routes.rs
+++ b/src/servers/http/v1/routes.rs
@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@ use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
+use axum::error_handling::HandleErrorLayer;
 use axum::http::HeaderName;
 use axum::response::Response;
 use axum::routing::get;
-use axum::Router;
+use axum::{BoxError, Router};
 use axum_client_ip::SecureClientIpSource;
-use hyper::Request;
+use hyper::{Request, StatusCode};
+use tower::timeout::TimeoutLayer;
+use tower::ServiceBuilder;
 use tower_http::compression::CompressionLayer;
 use tower_http::propagate_header::PropagateHeaderLayer;
 use tower_http::request_id::{MakeRequestUuid, SetRequestIdLayer};
@@ -18,6 +21,8 @@ use tracing::{Level, Span};
 use super::handlers::{announce, health_check, scrape};
 use crate::core::Tracker;
 
+const TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration::from_secs(5);
+
 /// It adds the routes to the router.
 ///
 /// > **NOTICE**: it's added a layer to get the client IP from the connection
@@ -69,4 +74,11 @@ pub fn router(tracker: Arc<Tracker>, server_socket_addr: SocketAddr) -> Router {
                 }),
         )
         .layer(SetRequestIdLayer::x_request_id(MakeRequestUuid))
+                .layer(
+            ServiceBuilder::new()
+                // this middleware goes above `TimeoutLayer` because it will receive
+                // errors returned by `TimeoutLayer`
+                .layer(HandleErrorLayer::new(|_: BoxError| async { StatusCode::REQUEST_TIMEOUT }))
+                .layer(TimeoutLayer::new(TIMEOUT)),
+        )
 }