diff --git a/src/deploy/functions/runtimes/node/versioning.ts b/src/deploy/functions/runtimes/node/versioning.ts
index 93630ed2d73e..c0898629b832 100644
--- a/src/deploy/functions/runtimes/node/versioning.ts
+++ b/src/deploy/functions/runtimes/node/versioning.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ interface NpmShowResult {
 }
 
 const MIN_SDK_VERSION = "2.0.0";
+const NPM_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MILLIES = 3000;
 
 export const FUNCTIONS_SDK_VERSION_TOO_OLD_WARNING =
   clc.bold(clc.yellow("functions: ")) +
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ export function getFunctionsSDKVersion(sourceDir: string): string | void {
     const child = spawn.sync("npm", ["list", "firebase-functions", "--json=true"], {
       cwd: sourceDir,
       encoding: "utf8",
+      timeout: NPM_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MILLIES,
     });
     if (child.error) {
       logger.debug("getFunctionsSDKVersion encountered error:", child.error.stack);
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ export function getFunctionsSDKVersion(sourceDir: string): string | void {
 export function getLatestSDKVersion(): string | undefined {
   const child = spawn.sync("npm", ["show", "firebase-functions", "--json=true"], {
     encoding: "utf8",
+    timeout: NPM_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MILLIES,
   });
   if (child.error) {
     logger.debug(