diff --git a/aperturedb/__init__.py b/aperturedb/__init__.py
index 3babebc7..4c9f9fb1 100644
--- a/aperturedb/__init__.py
+++ b/aperturedb/__init__.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def emit(self, record):
 
 try:
     latest_version = json.loads(requests.get(
-        "https://pypi.org/pypi/aperturedb/json").text)["info"]["version"]
+        "https://pypi.org/pypi/aperturedb/json", timeout=1).text)["info"]["version"]
 except Exception as e:
     logger.warning(
         f"Failed to get latest version: {e}. You are using version {__version__}")