diff --git a/setup.go b/setup.go
index bef2ad37c4..8bebdbc707 100644
--- a/setup.go
+++ b/setup.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (e *Executor) Setup() error {
 }
 
 func (e *Executor) getRootNode() (taskfile.Node, error) {
-	node, err := taskfile.NewRootNode(e.Logger, e.Entrypoint, e.Dir, e.Insecure)
+	node, err := taskfile.NewRootNode(e.Logger, e.Entrypoint, e.Dir, e.Insecure, e.Timeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/taskfile/node.go b/taskfile/node.go
index b05b92cb34..4aa22fa635 100644
--- a/taskfile/node.go
+++ b/taskfile/node.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/errors"
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/internal/experiments"
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ func NewRootNode(
 	entrypoint string,
 	dir string,
 	insecure bool,
+	timeout time.Duration,
 ) (Node, error) {
 	dir = getDefaultDir(entrypoint, dir)
 	// Check if there is something to read on STDIN
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ func NewRootNode(
 	if (stat.Mode()&os.ModeCharDevice) == 0 && stat.Size() > 0 {
 		return NewStdinNode(dir)
 	}
-	return NewNode(l, entrypoint, dir, insecure)
+	return NewNode(l, entrypoint, dir, insecure, timeout)
 }
 
 func NewNode(
@@ -42,13 +44,14 @@ func NewNode(
 	entrypoint string,
 	dir string,
 	insecure bool,
+	timeout time.Duration,
 	opts ...NodeOption,
 ) (Node, error) {
 	var node Node
 	var err error
 	switch getScheme(entrypoint) {
 	case "http", "https":
-		node, err = NewHTTPNode(l, entrypoint, dir, insecure, opts...)
+		node, err = NewHTTPNode(l, entrypoint, dir, insecure, timeout, opts...)
 	default:
 		// If no other scheme matches, we assume it's a file
 		node, err = NewFileNode(l, entrypoint, dir, opts...)
diff --git a/taskfile/node_http.go b/taskfile/node_http.go
index d7dce27b5c..5931d10f19 100644
--- a/taskfile/node_http.go
+++ b/taskfile/node_http.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/errors"
 	"github.com/go-task/task/v3/internal/execext"
@@ -19,7 +20,14 @@ type HTTPNode struct {
 	URL *url.URL
 }
 
-func NewHTTPNode(l *logger.Logger, entrypoint, dir string, insecure bool, opts ...NodeOption) (*HTTPNode, error) {
+func NewHTTPNode(
+	l *logger.Logger,
+	entrypoint string,
+	dir string,
+	insecure bool,
+	timeout time.Duration,
+	opts ...NodeOption,
+) (*HTTPNode, error) {
 	base := NewBaseNode(dir, opts...)
 	url, err := url.Parse(entrypoint)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -28,10 +36,15 @@ func NewHTTPNode(l *logger.Logger, entrypoint, dir string, insecure bool, opts .
 	if url.Scheme == "http" && !insecure {
 		return nil, &errors.TaskfileNotSecureError{URI: entrypoint}
 	}
-	url, err = RemoteExists(l, url)
+	ctx, cf := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), timeout)
+	defer cf()
+	url, err = RemoteExists(ctx, l, url)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	if errors.Is(ctx.Err(), context.DeadlineExceeded) {
+		return nil, &errors.TaskfileNetworkTimeoutError{URI: url.String(), Timeout: timeout}
+	}
 	return &HTTPNode{
 		BaseNode: base,
 		URL:      url,
diff --git a/taskfile/reader.go b/taskfile/reader.go
index 42e64914d8..af04637c00 100644
--- a/taskfile/reader.go
+++ b/taskfile/reader.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func Read(
 				return err
 			}
 
-			includeReaderNode, err := NewNode(l, entrypoint, dir, insecure,
+			includeReaderNode, err := NewNode(l, entrypoint, dir, insecure, timeout,
 				WithParent(node),
 				WithOptional(include.Optional),
 			)
diff --git a/taskfile/taskfile.go b/taskfile/taskfile.go
index 3c006dae9a..499a79a5ef 100644
--- a/taskfile/taskfile.go
+++ b/taskfile/taskfile.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package taskfile
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ var (
 // at the given URL with any of the default Taskfile files names. If any of
 // these match a file, the first matching path will be returned. If no files are
 // found, an error will be returned.
-func RemoteExists(l *logger.Logger, u *url.URL) (*url.URL, error) {
+func RemoteExists(ctx context.Context, l *logger.Logger, u *url.URL) (*url.URL, error) {
 	// Create a new HEAD request for the given URL to check if the resource exists
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("HEAD", u.String(), nil)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ func RemoteExists(l *logger.Logger, u *url.URL) (*url.URL, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Request the given URL
-	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req.WithContext(ctx))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.TaskfileFetchFailedError{URI: u.String()}
 	}