diff --git a/src/core/abc/manager.abc.ts b/src/core/abc/manager.abc.ts
index e5a4bbc2..c19f75e3 100644
--- a/src/core/abc/manager.abc.ts
+++ b/src/core/abc/manager.abc.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export abstract class SessionManager
     protected gowsConfigService: GowsEngineConfigService,
   ) {
     this.lock = new AsyncLock({
+      timeout: 5_000,
       maxPending: Infinity,
       maxExecutionTime: 30_000,
     });
diff --git a/src/core/engines/noweb/store/NowebPersistentStore.ts b/src/core/engines/noweb/store/NowebPersistentStore.ts
index 794ecbdd..8d378257 100644
--- a/src/core/engines/noweb/store/NowebPersistentStore.ts
+++ b/src/core/engines/noweb/store/NowebPersistentStore.ts
@@ -64,11 +64,13 @@ export class NowebPersistentStore implements INowebStore {
   public presences: any;
 
   private lock: any = new AsyncLock({
+    timeout: 5_000,
     maxPending: Infinity,
     maxExecutionTime: 60_000,
   });
 
   private groupsFetchLock: any = new AsyncLock({
+    timeout: 5_000,
     maxPending: Infinity,
     maxExecutionTime: 60_000,
   });
diff --git a/src/core/engines/noweb/useMultiFileAuthState.ts b/src/core/engines/noweb/useMultiFileAuthState.ts
index 1d7bef4e..906adbe4 100644
--- a/src/core/engines/noweb/useMultiFileAuthState.ts
+++ b/src/core/engines/noweb/useMultiFileAuthState.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ const AsyncLock = require('async-lock');
 // Default pending is 1000, set it to infinity
 // https://github.com/rogierschouten/async-lock/issues/63
 const fileLock = new AsyncLock({
+  timeout: 5_000,
   maxPending: Infinity,
   maxExecutionTime: 30_000,
 });