diff --git a/config/notifiers.go b/config/notifiers.go
index 29b5c383e4..27aa736786 100644
--- a/config/notifiers.go
+++ b/config/notifiers.go
@@ -898,6 +898,10 @@ type TelegramConfig struct {
 	Message              string           `yaml:"message,omitempty" json:"message,omitempty"`
 	DisableNotifications bool             `yaml:"disable_notifications,omitempty" json:"disable_notifications,omitempty"`
 	ParseMode            string           `yaml:"parse_mode,omitempty" json:"parse_mode,omitempty"`
+
+	// Timeout is the maximum time allowed to invoke the telegram. Setting this to 0
+	// does not impose a timeout.
+	Timeout time.Duration `yaml:"timeout" json:"timeout"`
 }
 
 // UnmarshalYAML implements the yaml.Unmarshaler interface.
diff --git a/docs/configuration.md b/docs/configuration.md
index 72cce8c2df..e2e3086874 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/configuration.md
@@ -1816,6 +1816,12 @@ attributes:
 
 # The HTTP client's configuration.
 [ http_config: <http_config> | default = global.http_config ]
+
+# The maximum time to wait for a telegram request to complete, before failing the
+# request and allowing it to be retried. The default value of 0s indicates that
+# no timeout should be applied.
+# NOTE: This will have no effect if set higher than the group_interval.
+[ timeout: <duration> | default = 0s ]
 ```
 
 ### `<victorops_config>`
diff --git a/notify/telegram/telegram.go b/notify/telegram/telegram.go
index 07bbedbbe8..9e6296d0c0 100644
--- a/notify/telegram/telegram.go
+++ b/notify/telegram/telegram.go
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ func New(conf *config.TelegramConfig, t *template.Template, l *slog.Logger, http
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if conf.Timeout > 0 {
+		httpclient.Timeout = conf.Timeout
+	}
+
 	client, err := createTelegramClient(conf.APIUrl.String(), conf.ParseMode, httpclient)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/notify/telegram/telegram_test.go b/notify/telegram/telegram_test.go
index 7192d493fd..622c0a29fd 100644
--- a/notify/telegram/telegram_test.go
+++ b/notify/telegram/telegram_test.go
@@ -213,3 +213,65 @@ func TestTelegramNotify(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestTelegramTimeout(t *testing.T) {
+	token := "secret"
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		latency time.Duration
+		timeout time.Duration
+		wantErr bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:    "success",
+			latency: 100 * time.Millisecond,
+			timeout: 120 * time.Millisecond,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:    "timeout",
+			latency: 100 * time.Millisecond,
+			timeout: 80 * time.Millisecond,
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				require.Equal(t, "/bot"+token+"/sendMessage", r.URL.Path)
+				_, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				time.Sleep(tc.latency)
+				w.Write([]byte(`{"ok":true,"result":{"chat":{}}}`))
+			}))
+			defer srv.Close()
+			u, _ := url.Parse(srv.URL)
+
+			cfg := &config.TelegramConfig{
+				Message:    "test",
+				HTTPConfig: &commoncfg.HTTPClientConfig{},
+				BotToken:   commoncfg.Secret(token),
+				Timeout:    tc.timeout,
+				APIUrl:     &amcommoncfg.URL{URL: u},
+			}
+
+			notifier, err := New(cfg, test.CreateTmpl(t), promslog.NewNopLogger())
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			ctx := context.Background()
+			ctx = notify.WithGroupKey(ctx, "1")
+
+			alert := &types.Alert{
+				Alert: model.Alert{
+					StartsAt: time.Now(),
+					EndsAt:   time.Now().Add(time.Hour),
+				},
+			}
+
+			_, err = notifier.Notify(ctx, alert)
+			require.Equal(t, tc.wantErr, err != nil)
+		})
+	}
+}