diff --git a/crates/sui-data-ingestion/src/main.rs b/crates/sui-data-ingestion/src/main.rs
index 71e49acb6f154..91eb768489579 100644
--- a/crates/sui-data-ingestion/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/sui-data-ingestion/src/main.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use prometheus::Registry;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::env;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::time::Duration;
 use sui_data_ingestion::{
     ArchivalConfig, ArchivalReducer, ArchivalWorker, BlobTaskConfig, BlobWorker,
     DynamoDBProgressStore, KVStoreTaskConfig, KVStoreWorker,
@@ -154,7 +155,12 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
                 executor.register(worker_pool).await?;
             }
             Task::BigTableKV(kv_config) => {
-                let client = BigTableClient::new_remote(kv_config.instance_id, false, None).await?;
+                let client = BigTableClient::new_remote(
+                    kv_config.instance_id,
+                    false,
+                    Some(Duration::from_secs(15)),
+                )
+                .await?;
                 let worker_pool = WorkerPool::new(
                     KvWorker { client },
                     task_config.name,