diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a8d0b8c47..f1ef0c870 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "openai>=1.13.3",
     "litellm==1.59.8",
     "instructor>=1.3.3",
+    "timeout-decorator>=0.5.0",
     # Text Processing
     "pdfplumber>=0.11.4",
     "regex>=2024.9.11",