diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7943bba..8238616 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<version>${revision}${changelist}</version>
 	<packaging>hpi</packaging>
 	<properties>
-		<revision>4.0.7</revision>
+		<revision>4.0.8</revision>
 		<changelist>-SNAPSHOT</changelist>
 		<gitHubRepo>jenkinsci/leapwork-plugin</gitHubRepo>
 		<changelist>-SNAPSHOT</changelist>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/Leapwork/Leapwork_plugin/LeapworkJenkinsBridgeBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/Leapwork/Leapwork_plugin/LeapworkJenkinsBridgeBuilder.java
index a20177c..33b266a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/Leapwork/Leapwork_plugin/LeapworkJenkinsBridgeBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/Leapwork/Leapwork_plugin/LeapworkJenkinsBridgeBuilder.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import com.Leapwork.Leapwork_plugin.model.RunCollection;
 import com.Leapwork.Leapwork_plugin.model.RunItem;
 import com.ning.http.client.AsyncHttpClient;
+import com.ning.http.client.AsyncHttpClientConfig;
 
 import hudson.AbortException;
 import hudson.EnvVars;
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ public class LeapworkJenkinsBridgeBuilder extends Builder implements SimpleBuild
 	private boolean leapworkWritePassedFlowKeyFrames;
 	private boolean leapworkEnableHttps;
 	private String leapworkScheduleVariables;
+	private static final int TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS = 180;
 
 	private static PluginHandler pluginHandler = PluginHandler.getInstance();
 
@@ -170,8 +172,13 @@ public void perform(final Run<?, ?> build, FilePath workspace, Launcher launcher
 
 		String scheduleVariablesRequestPart = pluginHandler
 				.getScheduleVariablesRequestPart(getLeapworkScheduleVariables(), listener);
-
-		try (AsyncHttpClient mainClient = new AsyncHttpClient()) {
+		
+		AsyncHttpClientConfig config = new AsyncHttpClientConfig.Builder()
+											.setReadTimeout(TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS * 1000)
+											.setRequestTimeout(TIMEOUT_IN_SECONDS * 1000)
+											.build();
+		
+		try (AsyncHttpClient mainClient = new AsyncHttpClient(config)) {
 
 			// Get schedule titles (or/and ids in case of pipeline)
 			LinkedHashMap<UUID, String> schedulesIdTitleHashMap = pluginHandler.getSchedulesIdTitleHashMap(mainClient,