diff --git a/lib/promscrape/client.go b/lib/promscrape/client.go
index 8b683b927..25d23e41d 100644
--- a/lib/promscrape/client.go
+++ b/lib/promscrape/client.go
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ func newClient(ctx context.Context, sw *ScrapeWork) (*client, error) {
 
 	hc := &http.Client{
 		Transport: rt,
+		Timeout:   sw.ScrapeTimeout,
 	}
 
 	if sw.DenyRedirects {