diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 046efaf..7876c62 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ MONGO_REPLICASET=
 # Ethereum RPC
 ETH_RPC_URL=http://10.1.200.113:8545
 ETH_WS_URL=ws://10.1.200.113:8546
+# Max time (ms) for a single JSON-RPC request before timing out (slow nodes / large blocks)
+ETH_RPC_TIMEOUT_MS=120000
 
 # Chain
 CHAIN_ID=1
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 83962c7..053948f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@missionsquad/agentindex-api",
-  "version": "1.5.1",
+  "version": "1.5.2",
   "description": "AgentIndex blockchain scanner API",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/env.ts b/src/env.ts
index 4d9b9f6..daf049f 100644
--- a/src/env.ts
+++ b/src/env.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ export const env = {
   // Ethereum RPC
   ETH_RPC_URL: process.env.ETH_RPC_URL || '',
   ETH_WS_URL: process.env.ETH_WS_URL || '',
+  // Max time (ms) for a single JSON-RPC request to the Ethereum node before timing
+  // out. Applied to evmdecoder's HTTP transport (node-fetch request timeout AND the
+  // keep-alive agent socket timeout). Raise for slow nodes / large blocks.
+  ETH_RPC_TIMEOUT_MS: parseInt(process.env.ETH_RPC_TIMEOUT_MS || '120000', 10),
 
   // Chain
   CHAIN_ID: parseInt(process.env.CHAIN_ID || '1', 10),
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index f0d9b91..422aa07 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ async function startServer(): Promise<void> {
         rpcUrl: chainConfig.rpcUrl,
         abiDirectory: env.ABI_DIRECTORY,
         txConcurrency: env.SCANNER_TX_CONCURRENCY,
+        rpcTimeoutMs: env.ETH_RPC_TIMEOUT_MS,
         onEventFactsPersisted: (eventFacts) => {
           void publishDashboardActivityFromPersistedEventFacts(eventFacts).catch((error) => {
             log({ level: 'warn', msg: 'Failed to publish dashboard activity websocket events', error })
diff --git a/src/services/scanner.service.ts b/src/services/scanner.service.ts
index 8a1ba3e..8030712 100644
--- a/src/services/scanner.service.ts
+++ b/src/services/scanner.service.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ interface ScannerOptions {
   rpcUrl: string
   abiDirectory?: string
   txConcurrency?: number
+  rpcTimeoutMs?: number
   onEventFactsPersisted?: (eventFacts: EventFact[]) => void
 }
 
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ export class ScannerService {
   private readonly rpcUrl: string
   private readonly abiDirectory: string | undefined
   private readonly txConcurrency: number
+  private readonly rpcTimeoutMs: number
   private readonly onEventFactsPersisted?: (eventFacts: EventFact[]) => void
   private readonly inFlightTx = new Map<string, Promise<void>>()
 
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ export class ScannerService {
     this.rpcUrl = opts.rpcUrl
     this.abiDirectory = opts.abiDirectory
     this.txConcurrency = Math.max(1, opts.txConcurrency ?? 8)
+    this.rpcTimeoutMs = Math.max(1000, opts.rpcTimeoutMs ?? 120_000)
     this.onEventFactsPersisted = opts.onEventFactsPersisted
   }
 
@@ -65,6 +68,11 @@ export class ScannerService {
     const config: DeepPartial<Config> = {
       eth: {
         url: this.rpcUrl,
+        http: {
+          // Configurable RPC request timeout. evmdecoder >= 0.0.70 propagates this to
+          // both the node-fetch request timeout and the keep-alive agent socket timeout.
+          timeout: this.rpcTimeoutMs,
+        },
       },
       abi: {
         decodeAnonymous: true,