diff --git a/mlatom/interfaces/torchani_interface.py b/mlatom/interfaces/torchani_interface.py
index 445abc0..7f02e8b 100644
--- a/mlatom/interfaces/torchani_interface.py
+++ b/mlatom/interfaces/torchani_interface.py
@@ -1934,7 +1934,7 @@ def parse_ani1xnr_resources():
         if not os.path.exists(local_dir+'ani-1xnr-main'):
             os.makedirs(local_dir, exist_ok=True)
             print(f'Downloading ANI-1xnr model parameters ...')
-            resource_res = requests.get(url)
+            resource_res = requests.get(url, timeout=30)
             resource_zip = zipfile.ZipFile(io.BytesIO(resource_res.content))
             resource_zip.extractall(local_dir)
         return local_dir
diff --git a/mlatom/model_cls.py b/mlatom/model_cls.py
index 99177db..d9f89f7 100644
--- a/mlatom/model_cls.py
+++ b/mlatom/model_cls.py
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ def _download(self, link=None, headers=None, target=None):
         assert target is not None, "Please provide target directory to be downloaded"
         print(f'Start downloading model from {link} to {target}'); sys.stdout.flush()
         try:
-            response = requests.get(link, headers=headers, stream=True, allow_redirects=True)
+            response = requests.get(link, headers=headers, stream=True, allow_redirects=True, timeout=30)
             total_size = int(response.headers.get("content-length", 0))
             target += '.temp'