diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/build-docs.yml
index f48de24c..68a37d99 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-docs.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build_pypkg_sphinx:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    timeout-minutes: 10
     strategy:
       matrix:
         # We would like to use 3.12, but this presently fails with the error: