diff --git a/tests/tests.py b/tests/tests.py
index c03900f..7a5d29b 100644
--- a/tests/tests.py
+++ b/tests/tests.py
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@
 import requests
 from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth
 
+REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 5
+
+
+def get(uri, auth=None, headers=None, timeout=REQUEST_TIMEOUT):
+    return requests.get(uri, auth=auth, headers=headers, timeout=timeout)
+
+
+def post(uri, data=None):
+    return requests.post(uri, data=data, timeout=REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
+
 
 def get_uri(suffix, v=None, port=8080):
     host = "localhost"
@@ -17,14 +27,14 @@ def get_uri(suffix, v=None, port=8080):
 
 
 def get_status():
-    resp = requests.get(get_uri("api/status"))
+    resp = get(get_uri("api/status"))
     assert resp.status_code == 200
     return resp.json()
 
 
 def is_responding(uri):
     try:
-        requests.get(uri)
+        get(uri)
     except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
         return False
     return True
@@ -43,7 +53,7 @@ def send(command, arg=None, arg2=None, expect=200, status=None):
     for a in [arg, arg2]:
         if a is not None:
             api += f"/{a}"
-    resp = requests.post(get_uri(api))
+    resp = post(get_uri(api))
     assert resp.status_code == expect
     if status is not None:
         return get_status()[status]
@@ -97,7 +107,7 @@ class TestsRequests:
         ],
     )
     def test_static(mpv_instance, uri, status_code, content_type):
-        resp = requests.get(get_uri(uri))
+        resp = get(get_uri(uri))
         assert resp.status_code == status_code
         if status_code != 200:
             return
@@ -113,7 +123,7 @@ def test_static(mpv_instance, uri, status_code, content_type):
     @staticmethod
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("uri", ["", "/", "//", "///"])
     def test_index(mpv_instance, uri):
-        resp = requests.get(get_uri(uri))
+        resp = get(get_uri(uri))
         assert resp.status_code == 200
 
         resp.headers.pop("Content-Length")
@@ -206,7 +216,7 @@ def test_post_wrong_args(mpv_instance, snapshot, endpoint, arg, arg2):
         for a in [arg, arg2]:
             if a is not None:
                 api += f"/{a}"
-        response = requests.post(get_uri(api))
+        response = post(get_uri(api))
         assert response.status_code == 400
         snapshot.assert_match(response.json())
 
@@ -408,7 +418,7 @@ def test_not_allowed_methods(mpv_instance, endpoint, method, expected):
         ],
     )
     def test_collections(self, endpoint, expected_status, mpv_instance, snapshot):
-        resp = requests.get(f"{get_uri(endpoint)}")
+        resp = get(get_uri(endpoint))
 
         assert resp.status_code == expected_status
 
@@ -493,7 +503,7 @@ def send_loadfile(url, mode=None, expect=200):
     indirect=["mpv_instance"],
 )
 def test_static_dir_config(mpv_instance, status_code):
-    resp = requests.get(get_uri("static.json"))
+    resp = get(get_uri("static.json"))
     assert resp.status_code == status_code
 
     if status_code == 200:
@@ -588,7 +598,7 @@ def test_disablers(mpv_instance, v4_works, v6_works):
 )
 def test_auth(htpasswd, mpv_instance, auth, status_code):
     try:
-        resp = requests.get(get_uri("api/status"), auth=auth, timeout=0.5)
+        resp = get(get_uri("api/status"), auth=auth, timeout=0.5)
     except requests.exceptions.ReadTimeout:
         assert status_code is None
         return
@@ -648,9 +658,7 @@ def test_logging(htpasswd, mpv_instance, use_auth, username, password, status_co
     auth = None
     if use_auth and username:
         auth = HTTPBasicAuth(username, password)
-    resp = requests.get(
-        get_uri("api/status"), auth=auth, headers={"Referer": "https://referer"}
-    )
+    resp = get(get_uri("api/status"), auth=auth, headers={"Referer": "https://referer"})
     assert resp.status_code == status_code
 
     # example log line