diff --git a/scraper/doecode/__init__.py b/scraper/doecode/__init__.py
index 251a94b..4a0dae9 100644
--- a/scraper/doecode/__init__.py
+++ b/scraper/doecode/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 import requests
 
+from scraper.util import DEFAULT_REQUESTS_TIMEOUTS
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -32,7 +34,11 @@ def process_url(url, key):
     if key is None:
         raise ValueError("DOE CODE API Key value is missing!")
 
-    response = requests.get(url, headers={"Authorization": "Basic " + key})
+    response = requests.get(
+        url,
+        headers={"Authorization": "Basic " + key},
+        timeout=DEFAULT_REQUESTS_TIMEOUTS,
+    )
     doecode_json = response.json()
 
     for record in doecode_json["records"]:
diff --git a/scraper/github/__init__.py b/scraper/github/__init__.py
index cbc2d6b..6d21c87 100644
--- a/scraper/github/__init__.py
+++ b/scraper/github/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 import github3
 import requests
 
+from scraper.util import DEFAULT_REQUESTS_TIMEOUTS
+
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -23,7 +25,8 @@ def gov_orgs():
     us_gov_github_orgs = set()
 
     gov_orgs_json = requests.get(
-        "https://government.github.com/organizations.json"
+        "https://government.github.com/organizations.json",
+        timeout=DEFAULT_REQUESTS_TIMEOUTS,
     ).json()
 
     us_gov_github_orgs.update(gov_orgs_json["governments"]["U.S. Federal"])
diff --git a/scraper/github/queryManager.py b/scraper/github/queryManager.py
index af18260..dd5ded8 100644
--- a/scraper/github/queryManager.py
+++ b/scraper/github/queryManager.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 import pytz
 import requests
 
+from scraper.util import DEFAULT_REQUESTS_TIMEOUTS
+
 
 def _vPrint(verbose, *args, **kwargs):
     """Easy verbosity-control print method.
@@ -490,10 +492,13 @@ def _submitQuery(
                 "https://api.github.com/graphql",
                 data=gitqueryJSON,
                 headers={**authhead, **headers},
+                timeout=DEFAULT_REQUESTS_TIMEOUTS,
             )
         else:
             fullResponse = requests.get(
-                "https://api.github.com" + gitquery, headers={**authhead, **headers}
+                "https://api.github.com" + gitquery,
+                headers={**authhead, **headers},
+                timeout=DEFAULT_REQUESTS_TIMEOUTS,
             )
         _vPrint(
             verbose,
diff --git a/scraper/util.py b/scraper/util.py
index bba3403..e74875e 100644
--- a/scraper/util.py
+++ b/scraper/util.py
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+# These mirror the defaults in github3.py sessions per:
+# https://github.com/sigmavirus24/github3.py/blob/ce43e6e5fdef6555f5a6b6602e2cc4b66c428aef/src/github3/session.py#L98
+DEFAULT_REQUESTS_TIMEOUTS = (4, 10)
+
 
 def execute(command, cwd=None):
     logger.debug("Forking command: %s", command)