diff --git a/scripts/dist.js b/scripts/dist.js
index 6988a0c2..cfdbce69 100755
--- a/scripts/dist.js
+++ b/scripts/dist.js
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ const DIST_ROOT = process.env.DIST_ROOT || '/ipns/dist.ipfs.io'
 
 const ipfs = IpfsHttpClient()
 
+const ipfsFetchTimeout = { timeout: 5 * 60 * 1000 }
+
 async function getCurrentVersion (distName) {
   const pathToCurrent = join(DIST_PATH, distName, 'current')
   const version = await fs.promises.readFile(pathToCurrent, 'utf8')
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ async function fetchDistData (distName) {
     jsonStr = await fs.promises.readFile(dataPath, 'utf8')
   } else {
     console.log(`- Fetching dist.json for ${distName} ${version} from ${DIST_ROOT}`)
-    jsonStr = await concat(ipfs.cat(`${DIST_ROOT}/${distName}/${version}/dist.json`))
+    jsonStr = await concat(ipfs.cat(`${DIST_ROOT}/${distName}/${version}/dist.json`, ipfsFetchTimeout))
   }
   const data = JSON.parse(jsonStr)
   if (!data.dateUTC && data.date) {