diff --git a/app/tools/tool_book_hotel.py b/app/tools/tool_book_hotel.py
index c1f2a4d..eb25efe 100644
--- a/app/tools/tool_book_hotel.py
+++ b/app/tools/tool_book_hotel.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ async def tool_book_hotel(config: RunnableConfig) -> str:
   # print("proj_id", proj_id)
   # print("user_id", user_id)
 
-  async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
+  async with httpx.AsyncClient(timeout=60) as client:
     response = await client.post(
       url=f"http://localhost:{env.server_port}/book_hotel",
       headers={