diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-frontend.yml b/.github/workflows/check-frontend.yml
index be2c3b0fde..8134926556 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-frontend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-frontend.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ defaults:
 jobs:
   check-frontend:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10 # expected run time: <2 min
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/check-pytest.yml
index 0839c1d5a4..89b0408f7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-pytest.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ jobs:
             github-env: $env:GITHUB_ENV
     name: ${{ matrix.pytorch }} on ${{ matrix.python-version }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    timeout-minutes: 30 # expected run time: <10 min, depending on platform
     env:
       PIP_USE_PEP517: '1'
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-python.yml b/.github/workflows/check-python.yml
index c37fb5683c..63a6c46b0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-python.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   check-backend:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5 # expected run time: <1 min
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4