diff --git a/target_bigquery/batch_job.py b/target_bigquery/batch_job.py
index 67f5305..bfa3f5c 100644
--- a/target_bigquery/batch_job.py
+++ b/target_bigquery/batch_job.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ def run(self) -> None:
                     BytesIO(job.data),
                     job.table,
                     num_retries=3,
+                    timeout=self.config.get("timeout", 600),
                     job_config=bigquery.LoadJobConfig(**job.config),
                 ).result()
             except Exception as exc: