diff --git a/charts/openfga/templates/job.yaml b/charts/openfga/templates/job.yaml
index ee04094..8a1acdc 100644
--- a/charts/openfga/templates/job.yaml
+++ b/charts/openfga/templates/job.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ spec:
                   key: "uri"
             {{- end }}
 
+            {{- if .Values.migrate.timeout }}
+            - name: OPENFGA_TIMEOUT
+              value: "{{ .Values.migrate.timeout }}"
+            {{- end }}
+
             {{- with .Values.extraEnvVars }}
               {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
             {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/openfga/values.schema.json b/charts/openfga/values.schema.json
index 89f6115..19f5c9b 100644
--- a/charts/openfga/values.schema.json
+++ b/charts/openfga/values.schema.json
@@ -924,15 +924,24 @@
                     "type": "array",
                     "description": "add additional sidecar containers to the migration job",
                     "default": []
-                }
-            },
-            "annotations": {
-                "type": "object",
-                "description": "Map of annotations to add to the migration job's manifest",
-                "additionalProperties": {
-                    "type": "string"
                 },
-                "default": {}
+                "annotations": {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "description": "Map of annotations to add to the migration job's manifest",
+                    "additionalProperties": {
+                        "type": "string"
+                    },
+                    "default": {}
+                },
+                "timeout": {
+                    "type": [
+                        "string",
+                        "null"
+                    ],
+                    "description": "A timeout for the time it takes the migrate process to connect to the database",
+                    "format": "duration",
+                    "default": "1m"
+                }
             }
         },
         "extraEnvVars": {
diff --git a/charts/openfga/values.yaml b/charts/openfga/values.yaml
index 0564d9d..5222fe7 100644
--- a/charts/openfga/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/openfga/values.yaml
@@ -325,3 +325,4 @@ migrate:
     helm.sh/hook-weight: "-5"
     helm.sh/hook-delete-policy: "before-hook-creation"
   labels: {}
+  timeout: