diff --git a/.changeset/four-baboons-behave.md b/.changeset/four-baboons-behave.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63c51a44c7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/four-baboons-behave.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@firebase/vertexai': patch
+---
+
+Clear fetch timeout after request completion. Fixes an issue that caused Node scripts to hang due to a pending timeout.
diff --git a/packages/vertexai/src/requests/request.ts b/packages/vertexai/src/requests/request.ts
index 411bad859f0..98c3d7273dd 100644
--- a/packages/vertexai/src/requests/request.ts
+++ b/packages/vertexai/src/requests/request.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ export async function constructRequest(
   return {
     url: url.toString(),
     fetchOptions: {
-      ...buildFetchOptions(requestOptions),
       method: 'POST',
       headers: await getHeaders(url),
       body
@@ -134,6 +133,7 @@ export async function makeRequest(
 ): Promise<Response> {
   const url = new RequestUrl(model, task, apiSettings, stream, requestOptions);
   let response;
+  let fetchTimeoutId: string | number | NodeJS.Timeout | undefined;
   try {
     const request = await constructRequest(
       model,
@@ -143,6 +143,15 @@ export async function makeRequest(
       body,
       requestOptions
     );
+    // Timeout is 180s by default
+    const timeoutMillis =
+      requestOptions?.timeout !== undefined
+        ? requestOptions.timeout
+        : 180 * 1000;
+    const abortController = new AbortController();
+    fetchTimeoutId = setTimeout(() => abortController.abort(), timeoutMillis);
+    request.fetchOptions.signal = abortController.signal;
+
     response = await fetch(request.url, request.fetchOptions);
     if (!response.ok) {
       let message = '';
@@ -211,24 +220,10 @@ export async function makeRequest(
     }
 
     throw err;
+  } finally {
+    if (fetchTimeoutId) {
+      clearTimeout(fetchTimeoutId);
+    }
   }
   return response;
 }
-
-/**
- * Generates the request options to be passed to the fetch API.
- * @param requestOptions - The user-defined request options.
- * @returns The generated request options.
- */
-function buildFetchOptions(requestOptions?: RequestOptions): RequestInit {
-  const fetchOptions = {} as RequestInit;
-  let timeoutMillis = 180 * 1000; // default: 180 s
-  if (requestOptions?.timeout && requestOptions?.timeout >= 0) {
-    timeoutMillis = requestOptions.timeout;
-  }
-  const abortController = new AbortController();
-  const signal = abortController.signal;
-  setTimeout(() => abortController.abort(), timeoutMillis);
-  fetchOptions.signal = signal;
-  return fetchOptions;
-}