diff --git a/.changes/fix-windows-timeout-http.md b/.changes/fix-windows-timeout-http.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a45cdd1fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/fix-windows-timeout-http.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"tauri": patch
+---
+
+Fixes HTTP timeout not working on Windows when using the `attohttpc` client.
diff --git a/core/tauri/src/api/http.rs b/core/tauri/src/api/http.rs
index c62a6dfc2..7f34b5f9b 100644
--- a/core/tauri/src/api/http.rs
+++ b/core/tauri/src/api/http.rs
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ impl Client {
 
     if let Some(timeout) = request.timeout {
       request_builder = request_builder.timeout(timeout);
+      #[cfg(windows)]
+      {
+        // on Windows the global timeout is not respected, see https://github.com/sbstp/attohttpc/issues/118
+        request_builder = request_builder.read_timeout(timeout);
+      }
     }
 
     let response = if let Some(body) = request.body {