diff --git a/llama_stack/distribution/build_conda_env.sh b/llama_stack/distribution/build_conda_env.sh
index 3fea09ad5..ff9c26e5e 100755
--- a/llama_stack/distribution/build_conda_env.sh
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/build_conda_env.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 LLAMA_MODELS_DIR=${LLAMA_MODELS_DIR:-}
 LLAMA_STACK_DIR=${LLAMA_STACK_DIR:-}
 TEST_PYPI_VERSION=${TEST_PYPI_VERSION:-}
+# This timeout (in seconds) is necessary when installing PyTorch via uv since it's likely to time out
+# Reference: https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/1694
+UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT=${UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT:-500}
 
 if [ -n "$LLAMA_STACK_DIR" ]; then
   echo "Using llama-stack-dir=$LLAMA_STACK_DIR"
diff --git a/llama_stack/distribution/build_container.sh b/llama_stack/distribution/build_container.sh
index 8cad13eec..4101cec44 100755
--- a/llama_stack/distribution/build_container.sh
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/build_container.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ LLAMA_STACK_DIR=${LLAMA_STACK_DIR:-}
 TEST_PYPI_VERSION=${TEST_PYPI_VERSION:-}
 PYPI_VERSION=${PYPI_VERSION:-}
 BUILD_PLATFORM=${BUILD_PLATFORM:-}
+# This timeout (in seconds) is necessary when installing PyTorch via uv since it's likely to time out
+# Reference: https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/1694
+UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT=${UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT:-500}
 
 # mounting is not supported by docker buildx, so we use COPY instead
 USE_COPY_NOT_MOUNT=${USE_COPY_NOT_MOUNT:-}
diff --git a/llama_stack/distribution/build_venv.sh b/llama_stack/distribution/build_venv.sh
index 970c4144f..3166c07f6 100755
--- a/llama_stack/distribution/build_venv.sh
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/build_venv.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 LLAMA_MODELS_DIR=${LLAMA_MODELS_DIR:-}
 LLAMA_STACK_DIR=${LLAMA_STACK_DIR:-}
 TEST_PYPI_VERSION=${TEST_PYPI_VERSION:-}
+# This timeout (in seconds) is necessary when installing PyTorch via uv since it's likely to time out
+# Reference: https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/1694
+UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT=${UV_HTTP_TIMEOUT:-500}
 
 if [ -n "$LLAMA_STACK_DIR" ]; then
   echo "Using llama-stack-dir=$LLAMA_STACK_DIR"