diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3ace9a9..d192b98 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ The format is roughly based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/
 
 <!-- start changelog -->
 
+## 0.38.0
+
+- Add request timeout configs for listing user jobs (eu-cdse/openeo-cdse-infra#188)
+
 ## 0.37.1
 
 - Better error message when requested collections are spread across separate backends ([#153](https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-aggregator/issues/153))
diff --git a/src/openeo_aggregator/about.py b/src/openeo_aggregator/about.py
index b71dbe1..5287e3d 100644
--- a/src/openeo_aggregator/about.py
+++ b/src/openeo_aggregator/about.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import sys
 from typing import Optional
 
-__version__ = "0.37.1a1"
+__version__ = "0.38.0a1"
 
 
 def log_version_info(logger: Optional[logging.Logger] = None):
diff --git a/src/openeo_aggregator/backend.py b/src/openeo_aggregator/backend.py
index 75a812a..b568ce3 100644
--- a/src/openeo_aggregator/backend.py
+++ b/src/openeo_aggregator/backend.py
@@ -748,8 +748,15 @@ def get_user_jobs(self, user_id: str) -> Union[List[BatchJobMetadata], dict]:
         all_jobs = []
         federation_missing = set()
 
+        backend_config = get_backend_config()
+
         results = self.backends.request_parallel(
-            path="/jobs", method="GET", expected_status=[200], authenticated_from_request=flask.request
+            path="/jobs",
+            method="GET",
+            expected_status=[200],
+            authenticated_from_request=flask.request,
+            request_timeout=backend_config.request_timeout_list_jobs,
+            overall_timeout=backend_config.request_timeout_list_jobs_overall,
         )
         for backend_id, result in results.successes.items():
             try:
diff --git a/src/openeo_aggregator/config/config.py b/src/openeo_aggregator/config/config.py
index 926c2aa..c47012f 100644
--- a/src/openeo_aggregator/config/config.py
+++ b/src/openeo_aggregator/config/config.py
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ class AggregatorBackendConfig(OpenEoBackendConfig):
 
     job_options_update: Optional[JobOptionsUpdater] = None
 
+    request_timeout_list_jobs: float = 10
+    request_timeout_list_jobs_overall: float = 20
+
 
 # Internal singleton
 _config_getter = ConfigGetter(expected_class=AggregatorBackendConfig)