diff --git a/chain-signatures/node/src/cli.rs b/chain-signatures/node/src/cli.rs
index c74f2b23..15122674 100644
--- a/chain-signatures/node/src/cli.rs
+++ b/chain-signatures/node/src/cli.rs
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ fn is_running_on_gcp() -> bool {
     let resp = reqwest::blocking::Client::new()
         .get("http://metadata.google.internal/computeMetadata/v1/instance/id")
         .header("Metadata-Flavor", "Google")
-        .timeout(Duration::from_secs(1))
+        .timeout(Duration::from_millis(200))
         .send();
 
     match resp {
diff --git a/chain-signatures/node/src/http_client.rs b/chain-signatures/node/src/http_client.rs
index 147392bc..d76ae921 100644
--- a/chain-signatures/node/src/http_client.rs
+++ b/chain-signatures/node/src/http_client.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ async fn send_encrypted<U: IntoUrl>(
             .post(url.clone())
             .header("content-type", "application/json")
             .json(&message)
-            .timeout(Duration::from_secs(2))
+            .timeout(Duration::from_millis(200))
             .send()
             .await
             .map_err(SendError::ReqwestClientError)?;
diff --git a/chain-signatures/node/src/mesh/connection.rs b/chain-signatures/node/src/mesh/connection.rs
index 4367102f..075f70cf 100644
--- a/chain-signatures/node/src/mesh/connection.rs
+++ b/chain-signatures/node/src/mesh/connection.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ impl Pool {
             let Ok(resp) = self
                 .http
                 .get(url.clone())
-                .timeout(Duration::from_secs(1))
+                .timeout(Duration::from_millis(200))
                 .send()
                 .await
             else {
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ impl Pool {
             let Ok(resp) = self
                 .http
                 .get(url)
-                .timeout(Duration::from_secs(1))
+                .timeout(Duration::from_millis(200))
                 .send()
                 .await
             else {