diff --git a/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/templates/controller.yaml b/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/templates/controller.yaml
index da7310549d..68a3ec9bee 100644
--- a/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/templates/controller.yaml
+++ b/charts/aws-ebs-csi-driver/templates/controller.yaml
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ spec:
           image: {{ printf "%s%s:%s" (default "" .Values.image.containerRegistry) .Values.sidecars.snapshotter.image.repository .Values.sidecars.snapshotter.image.tag }}
           imagePullPolicy: {{ default .Values.image.pullPolicy .Values.sidecars.snapshotter.image.pullPolicy }}
           args:
+            - --timeout=60s
             - --csi-address=$(ADDRESS)
             - --leader-election=true
             - --v={{ .Values.sidecars.snapshotter.logLevel }}
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/base/controller.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/base/controller.yaml
index ecddfd896d..5d5e739434 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/base/controller.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/base/controller.yaml
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ spec:
           image: public.ecr.aws/eks-distro/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/csi-snapshotter:v8.1.0-eks-1-31-5
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           args:
+            - --timeout=60s
             - --csi-address=$(ADDRESS)
             - --leader-election=true
             - --v=2