diff --git a/pkg/gameserverallocations/allocator.go b/pkg/gameserverallocations/allocator.go
index 3b09cb63fb..cb66faca11 100644
--- a/pkg/gameserverallocations/allocator.go
+++ b/pkg/gameserverallocations/allocator.go
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ const (
 	batchWaitTime         = 500 * time.Millisecond
 )
 
+const (
+	// Timeout for an individual Allocate RPC call can take
+	remoteAllocateTimeout = 10 * time.Second
+	// Total timeout for allocation including retries
+	totalRemoteAllocationTimeout = 30 * time.Second
+)
+
 var allocationRetry = wait.Backoff{
 	Steps:    5,
 	Duration: 10 * time.Millisecond,
@@ -106,7 +113,7 @@ type Allocator struct {
 	pendingRequests          chan request
 	readyGameServerCache     *ReadyGameServerCache
 	topNGameServerCount      int
-	remoteAllocationCallback func(string, grpc.DialOption, *pb.AllocationRequest) (*pb.AllocationResponse, error)
+	remoteAllocationCallback func(context.Context, string, grpc.DialOption, *pb.AllocationRequest) (*pb.AllocationResponse, error)
 }
 
 // request is an async request for allocation
@@ -133,15 +140,17 @@ func NewAllocator(policyInformer multiclusterinformerv1.GameServerAllocationPoli
 		secretSynced:           secretInformer.Informer().HasSynced,
 		readyGameServerCache:   readyGameServerCache,
 		topNGameServerCount:    topNGameServerDefaultCount,
-		remoteAllocationCallback: func(endpoint string, dialOpts grpc.DialOption, request *pb.AllocationRequest) (*pb.AllocationResponse, error) {
+		remoteAllocationCallback: func(ctx context.Context, endpoint string, dialOpts grpc.DialOption, request *pb.AllocationRequest) (*pb.AllocationResponse, error) {
 			conn, err := grpc.Dial(endpoint, dialOpts)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
 			defer conn.Close() // nolint: errcheck
 
+			allocationCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, remoteAllocateTimeout)
+			defer cancel() // nolint: errcheck
 			grpcClient := pb.NewAllocationServiceClient(conn)
-			return grpcClient.Allocate(context.Background(), request)
+			return grpcClient.Allocate(allocationCtx, request)
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -336,13 +345,14 @@ func (c *Allocator) allocateFromRemoteCluster(gsa *allocationv1.GameServerAlloca
 	request.MultiClusterSetting.Enabled = false
 	request.Namespace = connectionInfo.Namespace
 
+	ctx, _ := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), totalRemoteAllocationTimeout)
 	// Retry on remote call failures.
 	err = Retry(remoteAllocationRetry, func() error {
 		for i, ip := range connectionInfo.AllocationEndpoints {
 			endpoint := addPort(ip)
 			c.loggerForGameServerAllocationKey("remote-allocation").WithField("request", request).WithField("endpoint", endpoint).Debug("forwarding allocation request")
 
-			allocationResponse, err = c.remoteAllocationCallback(endpoint, dialOpts, request)
+			allocationResponse, err = c.remoteAllocationCallback(ctx, endpoint, dialOpts, request)
 			if err != nil {
 				c.baseLogger.Errorf("remote allocation failed with: %v", err)
 				// If there are multiple enpoints for the allocator connection and the current one is
diff --git a/pkg/gameserverallocations/controller_test.go b/pkg/gameserverallocations/controller_test.go
index d801ad5569..75962bfec6 100644
--- a/pkg/gameserverallocations/controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/gameserverallocations/controller_test.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package gameserverallocations
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
@@ -968,7 +969,7 @@ func TestMultiClusterAllocationFromRemote(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		}
 
-		c.allocator.remoteAllocationCallback = func(e string, dialOpt grpc.DialOption, request *pb.AllocationRequest) (*pb.AllocationResponse, error) {
+		c.allocator.remoteAllocationCallback = func(ctx context.Context, e string, dialOpt grpc.DialOption, request *pb.AllocationRequest) (*pb.AllocationResponse, error) {
 			assert.Equal(t, endpoint+":443", e)
 			serverResponse := pb.AllocationResponse{
 				GameServerName: expectedGSName,
@@ -991,7 +992,7 @@ func TestMultiClusterAllocationFromRemote(t *testing.T) {
 		retry := 0
 		endpoint := "z.z.z.z"
 
-		c.allocator.remoteAllocationCallback = func(endpoint string, dialOpt grpc.DialOption, request *pb.AllocationRequest) (*pb.AllocationResponse, error) {
+		c.allocator.remoteAllocationCallback = func(ctx context.Context, endpoint string, dialOpt grpc.DialOption, request *pb.AllocationRequest) (*pb.AllocationResponse, error) {
 			if count == 0 {
 				serverResponse := pb.AllocationResponse{}
 				count++
@@ -1087,7 +1088,7 @@ func TestMultiClusterAllocationFromRemote(t *testing.T) {
 		healthyEndpoint := "healthy_endpoint:443"
 
 		expectedGSName := "mocked"
-		c.allocator.remoteAllocationCallback = func(endpoint string, dialOpt grpc.DialOption, request *pb.AllocationRequest) (*pb.AllocationResponse, error) {
+		c.allocator.remoteAllocationCallback = func(ctx context.Context, endpoint string, dialOpt grpc.DialOption, request *pb.AllocationRequest) (*pb.AllocationResponse, error) {
 			if endpoint == unhealthyEndpoint {
 				return nil, errors.New("test error message")
 			}