diff --git a/docs/data-sources/ip_ranges.md b/docs/data-sources/ip_ranges.md
index caeb7a51b2..2a43b03998 100644
--- a/docs/data-sources/ip_ranges.md
+++ b/docs/data-sources/ip_ranges.md
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ Use this data source to retrieve information about GitHub's IP addresses.
 data "github_ip_ranges" "test" {}
 ```
 
+## Timeouts
+
+The `timeouts` block allows you to configure [timeouts](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/resources/syntax#operation-timeouts) for certain actions:
+
+* `read` - (Defaults to 5 minutes) Used when reading the GitHub IP ranges from the metadata API.
+
 ## Attributes Reference
 
 - `actions` - An array of IP addresses in CIDR format specifying the addresses that incoming requests from GitHub Actions will originate from.
diff --git a/github/data_source_github_ip_ranges.go b/github/data_source_github_ip_ranges.go
index 6be4c6079a..87b2ef977d 100644
--- a/github/data_source_github_ip_ranges.go
+++ b/github/data_source_github_ip_ranges.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/diag"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/v2/helper/schema"
@@ -13,6 +14,9 @@ func dataSourceGithubIpRanges() *schema.Resource {
 	return &schema.Resource{
 		Description: "Get the GitHub IP ranges used by various GitHub services.",
 		ReadContext: dataSourceGithubIpRangesRead,
+		Timeouts: &schema.ResourceTimeout{
+			Read: schema.DefaultTimeout(5 * time.Minute),
+		},
 		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 			"hooks": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeList,
diff --git a/github/data_source_github_ip_ranges_test.go b/github/data_source_github_ip_ranges_test.go
index a4f5801701..0b069a455a 100644
--- a/github/data_source_github_ip_ranges_test.go
+++ b/github/data_source_github_ip_ranges_test.go
@@ -1,17 +1,117 @@
 package github
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-github/v89/github"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-testing/helper/resource"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-testing/knownvalue"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-testing/statecheck"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-testing/tfjsonpath"
 )
 
+func TestGithubIpRangesDataSourceRead(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	t.Run("gives up on a stalled metadata request once the deadline expires", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		serverDelay := 5 * time.Second
+		readDeadline := 200 * time.Millisecond
+
+		ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			select {
+			case <-r.Context().Done():
+			case <-time.After(serverDelay):
+				mustWrite(w, `{}`)
+			}
+		}))
+		defer ts.Close()
+
+		// StopContext mirrors the provider configuration and never expires, so the
+		// read has to use the context it is called with to respect the deadline.
+		meta := &Owner{
+			v3client:    mustCreateTestGitHubClient(t, ts.URL),
+			StopContext: context.Background(),
+		}
+
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(t.Context(), readDeadline)
+		defer cancel()
+
+		start := time.Now()
+		diags := dataSourceGithubIpRangesRead(ctx, dataSourceGithubIpRanges().TestResourceData(), meta)
+		elapsed := time.Since(start)
+
+		if !diags.HasError() {
+			t.Fatal("expected an error when the read deadline expires before the response arrives")
+		}
+		if elapsed >= serverDelay {
+			t.Fatalf("read waited %s for the metadata response instead of honoring the %s deadline", elapsed, readDeadline)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("populates IP ranges when the response arrives before the deadline", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		ts := githubApiMock([]*mockResponse{
+			mustGetTestMockResponse(t, "/meta", http.StatusOK, &github.APIMeta{
+				Hooks: []string{"192.0.2.0/24", "2001:db8::/32"},
+			}),
+		})
+		defer ts.Close()
+
+		meta := &Owner{v3client: mustCreateTestGitHubClient(t, ts.URL)}
+
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(t.Context(), time.Minute)
+		defer cancel()
+
+		d := dataSourceGithubIpRanges().TestResourceData()
+		diags := dataSourceGithubIpRangesRead(ctx, d, meta)
+		if diags.HasError() {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", diags)
+		}
+
+		if got, want := d.Get("hooks_ipv4").([]any), "192.0.2.0/24"; len(got) != 1 || got[0] != want {
+			t.Errorf("expected hooks_ipv4 to be [%s], got %v", want, got)
+		}
+		if got, want := d.Get("hooks_ipv6").([]any), "2001:db8::/32"; len(got) != 1 || got[0] != want {
+			t.Errorf("expected hooks_ipv6 to be [%s], got %v", want, got)
+		}
+	})
+}
+
 func TestAccGithubIpRangesDataSource(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
+	t.Run("reads IP ranges with a configured read timeout", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		config := `
+			data "github_ip_ranges" "test" {
+			  timeouts {
+			    read = "2m"
+			  }
+			}
+		`
+
+		resource.Test(t, resource.TestCase{
+			ProviderFactories: providerFactories,
+			Steps: []resource.TestStep{
+				{
+					Config: config,
+					ConfigStateChecks: []statecheck.StateCheck{
+						statecheck.ExpectKnownValue("data.github_ip_ranges.test", tfjsonpath.New("actions_ipv4"), knownvalue.NotNull()),
+						statecheck.ExpectKnownValue("data.github_ip_ranges.test", tfjsonpath.New("actions_ipv6"), knownvalue.NotNull()),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		})
+	})
+
 	t.Run("reads IP ranges without error", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()
 
diff --git a/templates/data-sources/ip_ranges.md.tmpl b/templates/data-sources/ip_ranges.md.tmpl
index 9d19c4dcb3..69769ad06c 100644
--- a/templates/data-sources/ip_ranges.md.tmpl
+++ b/templates/data-sources/ip_ranges.md.tmpl
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ Use this data source to retrieve information about GitHub's IP addresses.
 
 {{ tffile "examples/data-sources/ip_ranges/example_1.tf" }}
 
+## Timeouts
+
+The `timeouts` block allows you to configure [timeouts](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/resources/syntax#operation-timeouts) for certain actions:
+
+* `read` - (Defaults to 5 minutes) Used when reading the GitHub IP ranges from the metadata API.
+
 ## Attributes Reference
 
 - `actions` - An array of IP addresses in CIDR format specifying the addresses that incoming requests from GitHub Actions will originate from.