diff --git a/superset/config.py b/superset/config.py
index d522e10ac1ec3..a424a09d23d8c 100644
--- a/superset/config.py
+++ b/superset/config.py
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ class D3Format(TypedDict, total=False):
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 SSH_TUNNEL_MANAGER_CLASS = "superset.extensions.ssh.SSHManager"
 SSH_TUNNEL_LOCAL_BIND_ADDRESS = "127.0.0.1"
+SSH_TUNNEL_TIMEOUT_SEC = 10.0
 
 # Feature flags may also be set via 'SUPERSET_FEATURE_' prefixed environment vars.
 DEFAULT_FEATURE_FLAGS.update(
diff --git a/superset/extensions/ssh.py b/superset/extensions/ssh.py
index 6a852ea7cd692..78b0c4116b192 100644
--- a/superset/extensions/ssh.py
+++ b/superset/extensions/ssh.py
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 from io import StringIO
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
+import sshtunnel
 from flask import Flask
 from paramiko import RSAKey
-from sshtunnel import open_tunnel, SSHTunnelForwarder
 
 from superset.databases.utils import make_url_safe
 
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ class SSHManager:
     def __init__(self, app: Flask) -> None:
         super().__init__()
         self.local_bind_address = app.config["SSH_TUNNEL_LOCAL_BIND_ADDRESS"]
+        sshtunnel.TUNNEL_TIMEOUT = app.config["SSH_TUNNEL_TIMEOUT_SEC"]
 
     def build_sqla_url(  # pylint: disable=no-self-use
-        self, sqlalchemy_url: str, server: SSHTunnelForwarder
+        self, sqlalchemy_url: str, server: sshtunnel.SSHTunnelForwarder
     ) -> str:
         # override any ssh tunnel configuration object
         url = make_url_safe(sqlalchemy_url)
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ def create_tunnel(
         self,
         ssh_tunnel: "SSHTunnel",
         sqlalchemy_database_uri: str,
-    ) -> SSHTunnelForwarder:
+    ) -> sshtunnel.SSHTunnelForwarder:
         url = make_url_safe(sqlalchemy_database_uri)
         params = {
             "ssh_address_or_host": (ssh_tunnel.server_address, ssh_tunnel.server_port),
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ def create_tunnel(
             )
             params["ssh_pkey"] = private_key
 
-        return open_tunnel(**params)
+        return sshtunnel.open_tunnel(**params)
 
 
 class SSHManagerFactory:
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/extensions/ssh_test.py b/tests/unit_tests/extensions/ssh_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0e997729d96fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/extensions/ssh_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+from typing import Any
+from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
+
+import pytest
+import sshtunnel
+
+from superset.extensions.ssh import SSHManagerFactory
+
+
+def test_ssh_tunnel_timeout_setting() -> None:
+    app = Mock()
+    app.config = {
+        "SSH_TUNNEL_MAX_RETRIES": 2,
+        "SSH_TUNNEL_LOCAL_BIND_ADDRESS": "test",
+        "SSH_TUNNEL_TIMEOUT_SEC": 123.0,
+        "SSH_TUNNEL_MANAGER_CLASS": "superset.extensions.ssh.SSHManager",
+    }
+    factory = SSHManagerFactory()
+    factory.init_app(app)
+    assert sshtunnel.TUNNEL_TIMEOUT == 123.0