diff --git a/packages/core/src/awsService/ec2/sshKeyPair.ts b/packages/core/src/awsService/ec2/sshKeyPair.ts
index 45565aa6e41..369c14964c7 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/awsService/ec2/sshKeyPair.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/awsService/ec2/sshKeyPair.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ export class SshKeyPair {
         }
         return !(await tryRun('ssh-keygen', ['-t', keyType, '-N', '', '-q', '-f', keyPath], 'yes', 'unknown key type', {
             onStdout: overrideKeys,
+            timeout: new Timeout(5000),
         }))
     }