diff --git a/.github/workflows/packages.yml b/.github/workflows/packages.yml
index d891d69d65..e22f0a677c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/packages.yml
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ jobs:
               --silent \
               --retry 2 \
               --retry-delay 3 \
+              --max-time 300 \
               --user "${{ secrets.APTLY_API_AUTH }}" \
               --user-agent "Termux-Packages/1.0 (https://github.com/termux/termux-packages)" \
               --request POST \
@@ -279,6 +280,7 @@ jobs:
               --silent \
               --retry 2 \
               --retry-delay 3 \
+              --max-time 300 \
               --user "${{ secrets.APTLY_API_AUTH }}" \
               --user-agent "Termux-Packages/1.0 (https://github.com/termux/termux-packages)" \
               --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \