diff --git a/react-packager/src/lib/GlobalTransformCache.js b/react-packager/src/lib/GlobalTransformCache.js
index dcf327ee..77565905 100644
--- a/react-packager/src/lib/GlobalTransformCache.js
+++ b/react-packager/src/lib/GlobalTransformCache.js
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ class GlobalTransformCache {
    * megabytes each.
    */
   _fetchFromURI(uri: string, callback: FetchCallback) {
-    request.get({uri, json: true}, (error, response, unvalidatedResult) => {
+    request.get({uri, json: true, timeout: 4000}, (error, response, unvalidatedResult) => {
       if (error != null) {
         callback(error);
         return;