diff --git a/app/client/src/api/ApiUtils.ts b/app/client/src/api/ApiUtils.ts
index f6a2cb7532..8b09ff2edc 100644
--- a/app/client/src/api/ApiUtils.ts
+++ b/app/client/src/api/ApiUtils.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ export const apiRequestInterceptor = (config: AxiosRequestConfig) => {
   if (branch) {
     config.headers.branchName = branch;
   }
+
+  if (config.url?.indexOf("/git/") !== -1) {
+    config.timeout = 1000 * 120; // increase timeout for git specific APIs
+  }
+
   return { ...config, timer: performance.now() };
 };