diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/common/netUtils.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/common/netUtils.ts
index 2b33e304c5..4cfca7c69f 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/common/netUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/common/netUtils.ts
@@ -39,11 +39,14 @@ export type HTTPRequestParams = {
   timeout?: number,
 };
 
+export const NET_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 30_000;
+
 export function httpRequest(params: HTTPRequestParams, onResponse: (r: http.IncomingMessage) => void, onError: (error: Error) => void) {
   const parsedUrl = URL.parse(params.url);
   let options: https.RequestOptions = { ...parsedUrl };
   options.method = params.method || 'GET';
   options.headers = params.headers;
+  const timeout = params.timeout ?? NET_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
 
   const proxyURL = getProxyForUrl(params.url);
   if (proxyURL) {
@@ -74,16 +77,16 @@ export function httpRequest(params: HTTPRequestParams, onResponse: (r: http.Inco
     https.request(options, requestCallback) :
     http.request(options, requestCallback);
   request.on('error', onError);
-  if (params.timeout !== undefined) {
+  if (timeout !== undefined) {
     const rejectOnTimeout = () =>  {
-      onError(new Error(`Request to ${params.url} timed out after ${params.timeout}ms`));
+      onError(new Error(`Request to ${params.url} timed out after ${timeout}ms`));
       request.abort();
     };
-    if (params.timeout <= 0) {
+    if (timeout <= 0) {
       rejectOnTimeout();
       return;
     }
-    request.setTimeout(params.timeout, rejectOnTimeout);
+    request.setTimeout(timeout, rejectOnTimeout);
   }
   request.end(params.data);
 }
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/chromium.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/chromium.ts
index 91d699f5a4..3633eceab5 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/chromium.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/server/chromium/chromium.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import { Browser } from '../browser';
 import type * as types from '../types';
 import type * as channels from '../../protocol/channels';
 import type { HTTPRequestParams } from '../../common/netUtils';
+import { NET_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT } from '../../common/netUtils';
 import { fetchData } from '../../common/netUtils';
 import { getUserAgent } from '../../common/userAgent';
 import { debugMode, headersArrayToObject, streamToString, wrapInASCIIBox } from '../../utils';
@@ -365,7 +366,9 @@ async function urlToWSEndpoint(progress: Progress, endpointURL: string) {
   const httpURL = endpointURL.endsWith('/') ? `${endpointURL}json/version/` : `${endpointURL}/json/version/`;
   const request = endpointURL.startsWith('https') ? https : http;
   const json = await new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
-    request.get(httpURL, resp => {
+    request.get(httpURL, {
+      timeout: NET_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
+    }, resp => {
       if (resp.statusCode! < 200 || resp.statusCode! >= 400) {
         reject(new Error(`Unexpected status ${resp.statusCode} when connecting to ${httpURL}.\n` +
         `This does not look like a DevTools server, try connecting via ws://.`));