diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 91a2c7698d..c0126861cb 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ dev = [
     "pytest-cov",
     "pytest-asyncio",
     "pytest-httpx>=0.35.0",
+    "pytest-timeout",
     "responses",
     "ruff",
     "semver",
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ dev = [
     "jwcrypto",
     "deepdiff",
     "tiled[minimal-server]>=0.2.4", # For system-test of dls.py
-    "respx"
+    "respx",
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ filterwarnings = ["error", "ignore::DeprecationWarning"]
 # Doctest python code in docs, python code in src docstrings, test functions in tests
 testpaths = "docs src tests"
 asyncio_mode = "auto"
+timeout = 3
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
 patch = ["subprocess"]
@@ -178,6 +180,7 @@ commands = [
         "term",
         "--cov-report",
         "xml:cov.xml",
+        "--timeout=60",
         { replace = "posargs", default = [
         ], extend = true },
     ],
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/test_example_config.py b/tests/unit_tests/test_example_config.py
index f323cbcb31..5c6c6c742a 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/test_example_config.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/test_example_config.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ def test_example_config_is_valid(file_name: str):
     loader.load()
 
 
+@pytest.mark.timeout(30)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("file_name", os.listdir(example_helm))
 def test_example_helm_is_valid(file_name: str):
     path = example_helm / file_name
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 78f1c8f8c5..7acd1cd062 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "pytest-asyncio" },
     { name = "pytest-cov" },
     { name = "pytest-httpx" },
+    { name = "pytest-timeout" },
     { name = "responses" },
     { name = "respx" },
     { name = "ruff" },
@@ -520,6 +521,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "pytest-asyncio" },
     { name = "pytest-cov" },
     { name = "pytest-httpx", specifier = ">=0.35.0" },
+    { name = "pytest-timeout" },
     { name = "responses" },
     { name = "respx" },
     { name = "ruff" },
@@ -4360,6 +4362,18 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/1e/55/1fa65f8e4fceb19dd6daa867c162ad845d547f6058cd92b4b02384a44777/pytest_httpx-0.36.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d42ebd5679442dc7bfb0c48e0767b6562e9bc4534d805127b0084171886a5e22", size = 20315, upload-time = "2026-04-09T13:57:18.587Z" },
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pytest-timeout"
+version = "2.4.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+dependencies = [
+    { name = "pytest" },
+]
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ac/82/4c9ecabab13363e72d880f2fb504c5f750433b2b6f16e99f4ec21ada284c/pytest_timeout-2.4.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7e68e90b01f9eff71332b25001f85c75495fc4e3a836701876183c4bcfd0540a", size = 17973, upload-time = "2025-05-05T19:44:34.99Z" }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/fa/b6/3127540ecdf1464a00e5a01ee60a1b09175f6913f0644ac748494d9c4b21/pytest_timeout-2.4.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c42667e5cdadb151aeb5b26d114aff6bdf5a907f176a007a30b940d3d865b5c2", size = 14382, upload-time = "2025-05-05T19:44:33.502Z" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "python-dateutil"
 version = "2.9.0.post0"