diff --git a/bbb-webhooks/callback_emitter.js b/bbb-webhooks/callback_emitter.js
index 9519c9fad10e4567237314184a6bc1512c24c765..3c22fc2f7527f9db90b4848b24d8884f95df31d5 100644
--- a/bbb-webhooks/callback_emitter.js
+++ b/bbb-webhooks/callback_emitter.js
@@ -61,10 +61,11 @@ module.exports = class CallbackEmitter extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   _emitMessage(callback) {
-    let data,requestOptions;
+    let data, requestOptions;
     const serverDomain = config.get("bbb.serverDomain");
     const sharedSecret = config.get("bbb.sharedSecret");
     const bearerAuth = config.get("bbb.auth2_0");
+    const timeout = config.get('hooks.requestTimeout');
 
     // data to be sent
     // note: keep keys in alphabetical order
@@ -85,7 +86,8 @@ module.exports = class CallbackEmitter extends EventEmitter {
         form: data,
         auth: {
           bearer: sharedSecret
-        }
+        },
+        timeout
       };
     }
     else {
@@ -103,7 +105,8 @@ module.exports = class CallbackEmitter extends EventEmitter {
         maxRedirects: 10,
         uri: callbackURL,
         method: "POST",
-        form: data
+        form: data,
+        timeout
       };
     }
 
diff --git a/bbb-webhooks/config/custom-environment-variables.yml b/bbb-webhooks/config/custom-environment-variables.yml
index 69733ad4a7331b065da09cb6ce18164cd99e1cb1..c8dbc2c0504fbd1811ad890eb59af296fdd13f12 100644
--- a/bbb-webhooks/config/custom-environment-variables.yml
+++ b/bbb-webhooks/config/custom-environment-variables.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ hooks:
   permanentURLs:
     __name: PERMANENT_HOOKS
     __format: json
+  requestTimeout:
+    __name: REQUEST_TIMEOUT
+    __format: json
 redis:
   host: REDIS_HOST
   port: REDIS_PORT
diff --git a/bbb-webhooks/config/default.example.yml b/bbb-webhooks/config/default.example.yml
index 037f3b9ad66f4345f7117d45d9bc56edd73830c0..1ca2983dc88ca1499f2c5751f4eb2b9c07541c6a 100644
--- a/bbb-webhooks/config/default.example.yml
+++ b/bbb-webhooks/config/default.example.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ hooks:
     - 60000
   # Reset permanent interval when exceeding maximum attemps
   permanentIntervalReset: 8
+  # Hook's request module timeout for socket conn establishment and/or responses (ms)
+  requestTimeout: 5000
 
 # Mappings of internal to external meeting IDs
 mappings:
@@ -64,4 +66,4 @@ redis:
     mappingPrefix: bigbluebutton:webhooks:mapping
     eventsPrefix: bigbluebutton:webhooks:events
     userMaps: bigbluebutton:webhooks:userMaps
-    userMapPrefix: bigbluebutton:webhooks:userMap
\ No newline at end of file
+    userMapPrefix: bigbluebutton:webhooks:userMap