diff --git a/deploy/docker/templates/nginx/nginx-app-http.conf.template.sh b/deploy/docker/templates/nginx/nginx-app-http.conf.template.sh
index 7f918bc7e1..07c8a8f295 100644
--- a/deploy/docker/templates/nginx/nginx-app-http.conf.template.sh
+++ b/deploy/docker/templates/nginx/nginx-app-http.conf.template.sh
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ server {
   }
 
   location /api {
+    proxy_read_timeout ${APPSMITH_SERVER_TIMEOUT:-60};
+    proxy_send_timeout ${APPSMITH_SERVER_TIMEOUT:-60};
     proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;
   }
 
diff --git a/deploy/docker/templates/nginx/nginx-app-https.conf.template.sh b/deploy/docker/templates/nginx/nginx-app-https.conf.template.sh
index 49486235a3..e61b2df1d3 100644
--- a/deploy/docker/templates/nginx/nginx-app-https.conf.template.sh
+++ b/deploy/docker/templates/nginx/nginx-app-https.conf.template.sh
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ server {
   }
 
   location /api {
+    proxy_read_timeout ${APPSMITH_SERVER_TIMEOUT:-60};
+    proxy_send_timeout ${APPSMITH_SERVER_TIMEOUT:-60};
     proxy_pass http://localhost:8080;
   }