diff --git a/sockets/sockets.go b/sockets/sockets.go
index 2e9e9006..0133ee1a 100644
--- a/sockets/sockets.go
+++ b/sockets/sockets.go
@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@ package sockets
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"net"
 	"net/http"
+	"time"
 )
 
+const defaultTimeout = 10 * time.Second
+
 // ErrProtocolNotAvailable is returned when a given transport protocol is not provided by the operating system.
 var ErrProtocolNotAvailable = errors.New("protocol not available")
 
@@ -21,6 +25,9 @@ func ConfigureTransport(tr *http.Transport, proto, addr string) error {
 		return configureNpipeTransport(tr, proto, addr)
 	default:
 		tr.Proxy = http.ProxyFromEnvironment
+		tr.DialContext = (&net.Dialer{
+			Timeout: defaultTimeout,
+		}).DialContext
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/sockets/sockets_unix.go b/sockets/sockets_unix.go
index 10d76342..5b65c546 100644
--- a/sockets/sockets_unix.go
+++ b/sockets/sockets_unix.go
@@ -11,10 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-const (
-	defaultTimeout        = 10 * time.Second
-	maxUnixSocketPathSize = len(syscall.RawSockaddrUnix{}.Path)
-)
+const maxUnixSocketPathSize = len(syscall.RawSockaddrUnix{}.Path)
 
 func configureUnixTransport(tr *http.Transport, proto, addr string) error {
 	if len(addr) > maxUnixSocketPathSize {