diff --git a/packages/ui/package.json b/packages/ui/package.json
index 6d01c048d9a8..59f57cadbe24 100644
--- a/packages/ui/package.json
+++ b/packages/ui/package.json
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     "@vitest/ws-client": "workspace:*",
     "@vueuse/core": "^10.6.1",
     "ansi-to-html": "^0.7.2",
-    "birpc": "0.2.14",
+    "birpc": "0.2.15",
     "codemirror": "^5.65.16",
     "codemirror-theme-vars": "^0.1.2",
     "cypress": "^13.6.2",
diff --git a/packages/vitest/package.json b/packages/vitest/package.json
index e7d1467da8ba..58bdbc1a1916 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/package.json
+++ b/packages/vitest/package.json
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
     "@types/node": "^20.11.5",
     "@types/prompts": "^2.4.9",
     "@types/sinonjs__fake-timers": "^8.1.5",
-    "birpc": "0.2.14",
+    "birpc": "0.2.15",
     "chai-subset": "^1.6.0",
     "cli-truncate": "^4.0.0",
     "expect-type": "^0.17.3",
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/api/setup.ts b/packages/vitest/src/api/setup.ts
index a0fa664b8230..1734adb3dcad 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/api/setup.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/api/setup.ts
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ export function setup(vitestOrWorkspace: Vitest | WorkspaceProject, _server?: Vi
         eventNames: ['onUserConsoleLog', 'onFinished', 'onCollected', 'onCancel'],
         serialize: (data: any) => stringify(data, stringifyReplace),
         deserialize: parse,
+        onTimeoutError(functionName) {
+          throw new Error(`[vitest-api]: Timeout calling "${functionName}"`)
+        },
       },
     )
 
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/forks.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/forks.ts
index c72689237b05..b6f8072d943b 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/forks.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/forks.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ function createChildProcessChannel(project: WorkspaceProject) {
       on(fn) {
         emitter.on(events.response, fn)
       },
+      onTimeoutError(functionName) {
+        throw new Error(`[vitest-pool]: Timeout calling "${functionName}"`)
+      },
     },
   )
 
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/threads.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/threads.ts
index 199736fd4e27..23f7fc79ab2d 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/threads.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/threads.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ function createWorkerChannel(project: WorkspaceProject) {
       on(fn) {
         port.on('message', fn)
       },
+      onTimeoutError(functionName) {
+        throw new Error(`[vitest-pool]: Timeout calling "${functionName}"`)
+      },
     },
   )
 
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/vmForks.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/vmForks.ts
index 496ac3129b95..f4f8db7352a9 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/vmForks.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/vmForks.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ function createChildProcessChannel(project: WorkspaceProject) {
       on(fn) {
         emitter.on(events.response, fn)
       },
+      onTimeoutError(functionName) {
+        throw new Error(`[vitest-pool]: Timeout calling "${functionName}"`)
+      },
     },
   )
 
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/vmThreads.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/vmThreads.ts
index f9e1b10da698..25c54ec06e18 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/vmThreads.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/pools/vmThreads.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ function createWorkerChannel(project: WorkspaceProject) {
       on(fn) {
         port.on('message', fn)
       },
+      onTimeoutError(functionName) {
+        throw new Error(`[vitest-pool]: Timeout calling "${functionName}"`)
+      },
     },
   )
 
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/runtime/rpc.ts b/packages/vitest/src/runtime/rpc.ts
index 5ee5f7cebf60..c5723f2d6b51 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/runtime/rpc.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/runtime/rpc.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ export function createRuntimeRpc(options: Pick<BirpcOptions<RuntimeRPC>, 'on' |
     },
     {
       eventNames: ['onUserConsoleLog', 'onFinished', 'onCollected', 'onCancel'],
+      onTimeoutError(functionName, args) {
+        let message = `[vitest-worker]: Timeout calling "${functionName}"`
+
+        if (functionName === 'fetch' || functionName === 'transform' || functionName === 'resolveId')
+          message += ` with "${JSON.stringify(args)}"`
+
+        throw new Error(message)
+      },
       ...options,
     },
   ))
diff --git a/packages/ws-client/package.json b/packages/ws-client/package.json
index df7a69e07f17..71221662e2c1 100644
--- a/packages/ws-client/package.json
+++ b/packages/ws-client/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "birpc": "0.2.14",
+    "birpc": "0.2.15",
     "flatted": "^3.2.9",
     "ws": "^8.14.2"
   },
diff --git a/packages/ws-client/src/index.ts b/packages/ws-client/src/index.ts
index 0fa7ee822c32..8249af8f0021 100644
--- a/packages/ws-client/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/ws-client/src/index.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ export function createClient(url: string, options: VitestClientOptions = {}) {
     on: fn => (onMessage = fn),
     serialize: stringify,
     deserialize: parse,
+    onTimeoutError(functionName) {
+      throw new Error(`[vitest-ws-client]: Timeout calling "${functionName}"`)
+    },
   }
 
   ctx.rpc = createBirpc<WebSocketHandlers, WebSocketEvents>(
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 09eba076f3f7..d6503965547d 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1196,8 +1196,8 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^0.7.2
         version: 0.7.2
       birpc:
-        specifier: 0.2.14
-        version: 0.2.14
+        specifier: 0.2.15
+        version: 0.2.15
       codemirror:
         specifier: ^5.65.16
         version: 5.65.16
@@ -1397,8 +1397,8 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^8.1.5
         version: 8.1.5
       birpc:
-        specifier: 0.2.14
-        version: 0.2.14
+        specifier: 0.2.15
+        version: 0.2.15
       chai-subset:
         specifier: ^1.6.0
         version: 1.6.0
@@ -1470,8 +1470,8 @@ importers:
   packages/ws-client:
     dependencies:
       birpc:
-        specifier: 0.2.14
-        version: 0.2.14
+        specifier: 0.2.15
+        version: 0.2.15
       flatted:
         specifier: ^3.2.9
         version: 3.2.9
@@ -12376,8 +12376,8 @@ packages:
     dev: true
     optional: true
 
-  /birpc@0.2.14:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-37FHE8rqsYM5JEKCnXFyHpBCzvgHEExwVVTq+nUmloInU7l8ezD1TpOhKpS8oe1DTYFqEK27rFZVKG43oTqXRA==}
+  /birpc@0.2.15:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-LuZgWLW6DB1zenkfJuF4/kfSZdazOR2xaMSzeqgvfbNIwECwV1AJso9wpNje79uaRU86Obbujv4qtDnwoOLQww==}
 
   /bl@4.1.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-1W07cM9gS6DcLperZfFSj+bWLtaPGSOHWhPiGzXmvVJbRLdG82sH/Kn8EtW1VqWVA54AKf2h5k5BbnIbwF3h6w==}