diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index ef53a790..4d728a9f 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ allprojects {
                 accessToken = githubAccessToken
                 manualDownloadUrl =
                     "https://github.com/weisJ/darklaf/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Build+Native+Libraries%22+is%3Asuccess+branch%3Amaster"
+                timeout = 50000
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/DownloadPrebuiltBinaryFromGitHubAction.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/DownloadPrebuiltBinaryFromGitHubAction.groovy
index cf6ffe37..e45697fa 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/DownloadPrebuiltBinaryFromGitHubAction.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/DownloadPrebuiltBinaryFromGitHubAction.groovy
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class DownloadPrebuiltBinaryFromGitHubAction extends DefaultTask {
     private String workflow
     private List<String> branches = []
     private boolean missingLibraryIsFailure
+    private int timeout
 
     private String githubAccessToken
     private String variant
@@ -111,6 +112,10 @@ class DownloadPrebuiltBinaryFromGitHubAction extends DefaultTask {
         this.branches = branches
     }
 
+    void setTimeout(int timeout) {
+        this.timeout = timeout
+    }
+
     private Map getCacheInfo() {
         if (cacheInfo == null) {
             LOCK.readLock().lock()
@@ -289,6 +294,9 @@ class DownloadPrebuiltBinaryFromGitHubAction extends DefaultTask {
         if (isOffline()) return Optional.empty()
         HttpURLConnection get = new URL(url).openConnection() as HttpURLConnection
         get.setRequestMethod("GET")
+        if (timeout >= 0) {
+            get.setConnectTimeout(timeout)
+        }
         githubAccessToken?.with {
             get.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "token $it")
         }
@@ -300,6 +308,7 @@ class DownloadPrebuiltBinaryFromGitHubAction extends DefaultTask {
                 log("Could not fetch $url. Response code '$responseCode'.")
             }
         } catch (IOException ignored) {
+            error(ignored.getMessage())
         }
         return Optional.empty()
     }
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/UsePrebuiltBinariesWhenUnbuildablePlugin.groovy b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/UsePrebuiltBinariesWhenUnbuildablePlugin.groovy
index d1504dc9..888ee0f1 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/UsePrebuiltBinariesWhenUnbuildablePlugin.groovy
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/UsePrebuiltBinariesWhenUnbuildablePlugin.groovy
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class UsePrebuiltBinariesWhenUnbuildablePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
                         it.manualDownloadUrl = githubArtifactExtension.manualDownloadUrl
                         it.branches = githubArtifactExtension.branches
                         it.missingLibraryIsFailure = prebuildExtension.missingLibraryIsFailure
+                        it.timeout = githubArtifactExtension.timeout
                     }
                     var.nativeRuntimeFiles.setFrom(prebuiltBinariesTask.map { it.prebuiltBinaryFile })
                     var.nativeRuntimeFiles.from(new CallableLogger({
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ class UsePrebuiltBinariesWhenUnbuildablePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
         private String workflow
         private String manualDownloadUrl
         private String accessToken
+        private int timeout = 0
         private List<String> branches = ["master"]
 
         String getUser() {
@@ -136,6 +138,10 @@ class UsePrebuiltBinariesWhenUnbuildablePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
             return branches
         }
 
+        int getTimeout() {
+            return timeout
+        }
+
         void setUser(String user) {
             this.user = user
         }
@@ -159,6 +165,10 @@ class UsePrebuiltBinariesWhenUnbuildablePlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
         void setBranches(List<String> branches) {
             this.branches = branches
         }
+
+        void setTimeout(int timeout) {
+            this.timeout = timeout
+        }
     }
 
 }