diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 0a059cd..7832570 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ func main() {
 	var rejectEmptyNodeDisruption bool
 	var retryInterval time.Duration
 	var rejectOverlappingDisruption bool
+	var healthHookTimeout time.Duration
 	var nodeDisruptionTypesRaw string
 	flag.StringVar(&metricsAddr, "metrics-bind-address", ":8080", "The address the metric endpoint binds to.")
 	flag.StringVar(&probeAddr, "health-probe-bind-address", ":8081", "The address the probe endpoint binds to.")
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ func main() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&rejectEmptyNodeDisruption, "reject-empty-node-disruption", false, "Reject NodeDisruption matching no actual node.")
 	flag.DurationVar(&retryInterval, "retry-interval", controller.DefaultRetryInterval, "How long to wait between each retry (Default 60s)")
 	flag.BoolVar(&rejectOverlappingDisruption, "reject-overlapping-disruption", false, "Automatically reject any overlapping NodeDisruption (based on node selector), preserving the oldest one")
+	flag.DurationVar(&healthHookTimeout, "healthhook-timeout", controller.DefaultHealthHookTimeout, "HTTP client timeout for calling HealthHook resolved from ADB")
 	flag.StringVar(&nodeDisruptionTypesRaw, "node-disruption-types", "", "The list of types allowed for a node disruption separated by a comma.")
 
 	opts := zap.Options{
@@ -109,6 +111,7 @@ func main() {
 			RejectEmptyNodeDisruption:   rejectEmptyNodeDisruption,
 			RetryInterval:               retryInterval,
 			RejectOverlappingDisruption: rejectOverlappingDisruption,
+			HealthHookTimeout:           healthHookTimeout,
 			NodeDisruptionTypes:         nodeDisruptionTypes,
 		},
 	}).SetupWithManager(mgr); err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/controller/applicationdisruptionbudget_controller.go b/internal/controller/applicationdisruptionbudget_controller.go
index e11b802..4367324 100644
--- a/internal/controller/applicationdisruptionbudget_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/applicationdisruptionbudget_controller.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
+	"time"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 
@@ -216,12 +217,12 @@ func (r *ApplicationDisruptionBudgetResolver) GetNamespacedName() nodedisruption
 }
 
 // Call a lifecycle hook in order to synchronously validate a Node Disruption
-func (r *ApplicationDisruptionBudgetResolver) CallHealthHook(ctx context.Context, nd nodedisruptionv1alpha1.NodeDisruption) error {
+func (r *ApplicationDisruptionBudgetResolver) CallHealthHook(ctx context.Context, nd nodedisruptionv1alpha1.NodeDisruption, timeout time.Duration) error {
 	if r.ApplicationDisruptionBudget.Spec.HealthHook.URL == "" {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	client := &http.Client{}
+	client := &http.Client{Timeout: timeout} // Last resort, in case an external service is unresponsive.
 	headers := make(map[string][]string, 1)
 
 	data, err := json.Marshal(nd)
diff --git a/internal/controller/budget.go b/internal/controller/budget.go
index df7b2dc..69f24d9 100644
--- a/internal/controller/budget.go
+++ b/internal/controller/budget.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package controller
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"time"
 
 	nodedisruptionv1alpha1 "github.com/criteo/node-disruption-controller/api/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/criteo/node-disruption-controller/pkg/resolver"
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ type Budget interface {
 	// Return the number of disruption allowed considering a list of current node disruptions
 	TolerateDisruption(resolver.NodeSet) bool
 	// Call a lifecycle hook in order to synchronously validate a Node Disruption
-	CallHealthHook(context.Context, nodedisruptionv1alpha1.NodeDisruption) error
+	CallHealthHook(context.Context, nodedisruptionv1alpha1.NodeDisruption, time.Duration) error
 	// Apply the budget's status to Kubernetes
 	UpdateStatus(context.Context) error
 	// Get the name, namespace and kind of bduget
diff --git a/internal/controller/budget_test.go b/internal/controller/budget_test.go
index ef0319a..f4ca49a 100644
--- a/internal/controller/budget_test.go
+++ b/internal/controller/budget_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	nodedisruptionv1alpha1 "github.com/criteo/node-disruption-controller/api/v1alpha1"
 	"github.com/criteo/node-disruption-controller/internal/controller"
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ func (m *MockBudget) TolerateDisruption(resolver.NodeSet) bool {
 }
 
 // Check health make a synchronous health check on the underlying resource of a budget
-func (m *MockBudget) CallHealthHook(context.Context, nodedisruptionv1alpha1.NodeDisruption) error {
+func (m *MockBudget) CallHealthHook(context.Context, nodedisruptionv1alpha1.NodeDisruption, time.Duration) error {
 	m.healthChecked = true
 	return m.health
 }
diff --git a/internal/controller/nodedisruption_controller.go b/internal/controller/nodedisruption_controller.go
index 82c6b96..f447132 100644
--- a/internal/controller/nodedisruption_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/nodedisruption_controller.go
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	DefaultRetryInterval = time.Minute
+	DefaultRetryInterval     = time.Minute
+	DefaultHealthHookTimeout = time.Minute
 )
 
 type NodeDisruptionReconcilerConfig struct {
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ type NodeDisruptionReconcilerConfig struct {
 	RetryInterval time.Duration
 	// Reject NodeDisruption if its node selector overlaps an older NodeDisruption's selector
 	RejectOverlappingDisruption bool
+	// HealthHook http call resolved from ADB need a timeout to avoid unresponsive call
+	HealthHookTimeout time.Duration
 	// Specify which node disruption types are allowed to be granted
 	NodeDisruptionTypes []string
 }
@@ -384,7 +387,7 @@ func (ndr *SingleNodeDisruptionReconciler) ValidateWithBudgetConstraints(ctx con
 	}
 
 	for _, budget := range impactedBudgets {
-		err := budget.CallHealthHook(ctx, ndr.NodeDisruption)
+		err := budget.CallHealthHook(ctx, ndr.NodeDisruption, ndr.Config.HealthHookTimeout)
 		ref := budget.GetNamespacedName()
 		if err != nil {
 			anyFailed = true
diff --git a/internal/controller/nodedisruptionbudget_controller.go b/internal/controller/nodedisruptionbudget_controller.go
index 192c5a5..f043696 100644
--- a/internal/controller/nodedisruptionbudget_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/nodedisruptionbudget_controller.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"math"
 	"reflect"
+	"time"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ func (r *NodeDisruptionBudgetResolver) TolerateDisruption(disruptedNodes resolve
 }
 
 // Call a lifecycle hook in order to synchronously validate a Node Disruption
-func (r *NodeDisruptionBudgetResolver) CallHealthHook(_ context.Context, _ nodedisruptionv1alpha1.NodeDisruption) error {
+func (r *NodeDisruptionBudgetResolver) CallHealthHook(_ context.Context, _ nodedisruptionv1alpha1.NodeDisruption, _ time.Duration) error {
 	return nil
 }