diff --git a/src/lib/api/CommercetoolsApi.ts b/src/lib/api/CommercetoolsApi.ts
index 5b776ab87a..11d4a7999e 100644
--- a/src/lib/api/CommercetoolsApi.ts
+++ b/src/lib/api/CommercetoolsApi.ts
@@ -3205,6 +3205,10 @@ export class CommercetoolsApi {
       url,
       headers,
       params,
+      timeoutMs: options.timeoutMs,
+      aggregateTimeoutMs: options.aggregateTimeoutMs,
+      retry: options.retry,
+      abortController: options.abortController,
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/test/api/CommercetoolsApi.test.ts b/src/test/api/CommercetoolsApi.test.ts
index 3472c20038..2c3204544c 100644
--- a/src/test/api/CommercetoolsApi.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/api/CommercetoolsApi.test.ts
@@ -4618,6 +4618,27 @@ describe('CommercetoolsApi', () => {
         url: 'https://api.europe-west1.gcp.commercetools.com/test-project-key/test',
       })
     })
+
+    it('should pass through timeoutMs, aggregateTimeoutMs, retry, and abortController', async () => {
+      const api = new CommercetoolsApi(defaultConfig)
+      const abortController = new AbortController()
+
+      const result = await api.getRequestOptions({
+        path: '/test',
+        method: 'GET',
+        headers: {},
+        accessToken: 'mock-access-token',
+        timeoutMs: 25_000,
+        aggregateTimeoutMs: 25_000,
+        retry: { maxRetries: 5, delayMs: 2000 },
+        abortController,
+      })
+
+      expect(result.timeoutMs).toBe(25_000)
+      expect(result.aggregateTimeoutMs).toBe(25_000)
+      expect(result.retry).toEqual({ maxRetries: 5, delayMs: 2000 })
+      expect(result.abortController).toBe(abortController)
+    })
   })
 
   describe('applyStore', () => {
diff --git a/src/test/api/per-request-timeout.test.ts b/src/test/api/per-request-timeout.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bb7c895f5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/api/per-request-timeout.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import nock from 'nock'
+import { CommercetoolsApi, CommercetoolsApiConfig, Region } from '../../lib/index.js'
+import { CommercetoolsGrantResponse } from '../../lib/auth/types.js'
+
+const AUTH_URL = 'https://auth.europe-west1.gcp.commercetools.com'
+const API_URL = 'https://api.europe-west1.gcp.commercetools.com'
+
+const config: CommercetoolsApiConfig = {
+  projectKey: 'test-project',
+  clientId: 'test-client-id',
+  clientSecret: 'test-client-secret',
+  region: Region.EUROPE_GCP,
+  clientScopes: ['manage_orders'],
+  timeoutMs: 1_000,
+}
+
+const grantResponse: CommercetoolsGrantResponse = {
+  access_token: 'test-access-token',
+  refresh_token: 'test-refresh-token',
+  scope: 'manage_orders:test-project',
+  expires_in: 172800,
+}
+
+function mockAuth(): void {
+  nock(AUTH_URL, { encodedQueryParams: true }).persist().post('/oauth/token').reply(200, grantResponse)
+}
+
+describe('per-request timeout override', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    nock.cleanAll()
+    nock.enableNetConnect('127.0.0.1')
+    mockAuth()
+  })
+
+  afterAll(() => {
+    nock.cleanAll()
+    nock.disableNetConnect()
+  })
+
+  it('should timeout at the instance-level default (1s) when no per-request override is given', async () => {
+    nock(API_URL).get('/test-project/orders').query(true).delay(2_000).reply(200, { results: [], total: 0 })
+
+    const api = new CommercetoolsApi(config)
+
+    await expect(api.queryOrders({ params: { limit: 1 }, retry: { maxRetries: 0, delayMs: 0 } })).rejects.toThrow(
+      /timeout/i,
+    )
+  }, 10_000)
+
+  it('should NOT timeout at the instance default when a per-request timeoutMs override exceeds the delay', async () => {
+    nock(API_URL)
+      .get('/test-project/orders')
+      .query(true)
+      .delay(2_000)
+      .reply(200, { results: [{ id: 'order-1' }], total: 1 })
+
+    const api = new CommercetoolsApi(config)
+
+    const result = await api.queryOrders({
+      params: { limit: 1 },
+      timeoutMs: 5_000,
+      aggregateTimeoutMs: 5_000,
+    })
+
+    expect(result.results).toEqual([{ id: 'order-1' }])
+  }, 10_000)
+})