diff --git a/backend/open_webui/env.py b/backend/open_webui/env.py
index e3c50ea8d1..978f61260c 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/env.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/env.py
@@ -395,6 +395,18 @@ try:
 except ValueError:
     REDIS_SENTINEL_MAX_RETRY_COUNT = 2
 
+# Socket/Connect timeout for connections to Redis/Sentinel nodes
+REDIS_SOCKET_CONNECT_TIMEOUT = os.environ.get(
+    "REDIS_SOCKET_CONNECT_TIMEOUT", "5"
+)
+try:
+    if REDIS_SOCKET_CONNECT_TIMEOUT.lower() == "none":
+        REDIS_SOCKET_CONNECT_TIMEOUT = None
+    else:
+        REDIS_SOCKET_CONNECT_TIMEOUT = max(float(REDIS_SOCKET_CONNECT_TIMEOUT), 0.0)
+except ValueError:
+    REDIS_SOCKET_CONNECT_TIMEOUT = 5.0
+
 ####################################
 # UVICORN WORKERS
 ####################################
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/socket/main.py b/backend/open_webui/socket/main.py
index 638a89715a..8d21bced46 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/socket/main.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/socket/main.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ from open_webui.env import (
     WEBSOCKET_SENTINEL_PORT,
     WEBSOCKET_SENTINEL_HOSTS,
     REDIS_KEY_PREFIX,
+    REDIS_SOCKET_CONNECT_TIMEOUT,
     WEBSOCKET_REDIS_OPTIONS,
     WEBSOCKET_SERVER_PING_TIMEOUT,
     WEBSOCKET_SERVER_PING_INTERVAL,
@@ -62,17 +63,22 @@ REDIS = None
 SOCKETIO_CORS_ORIGINS = "*" if CORS_ALLOW_ORIGIN == ["*"] else CORS_ALLOW_ORIGIN
 
 if WEBSOCKET_MANAGER == "redis":
+    mgr_redis_options = {**WEBSOCKET_REDIS_OPTIONS} if WEBSOCKET_REDIS_OPTIONS else {}
+    if "socket_connect_timeout" not in mgr_redis_options:
+        mgr_redis_options["socket_connect_timeout"] = REDIS_SOCKET_CONNECT_TIMEOUT
+
     if WEBSOCKET_SENTINEL_HOSTS:
         mgr = socketio.AsyncRedisManager(
             get_sentinel_url_from_env(
                 WEBSOCKET_REDIS_URL, WEBSOCKET_SENTINEL_HOSTS, WEBSOCKET_SENTINEL_PORT
             ),
-            redis_options=WEBSOCKET_REDIS_OPTIONS,
+            redis_options=mgr_redis_options,
         )
     else:
         mgr = socketio.AsyncRedisManager(
-            WEBSOCKET_REDIS_URL, redis_options=WEBSOCKET_REDIS_OPTIONS
+            WEBSOCKET_REDIS_URL, redis_options=mgr_redis_options
         )
+
     sio = socketio.AsyncServer(
         cors_allowed_origins=SOCKETIO_CORS_ORIGINS,
         async_mode="asgi",
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/utils/redis.py b/backend/open_webui/utils/redis.py
index cc29ce6683..ba19c9d999 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/utils/redis.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/utils/redis.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from open_webui.env import (
     REDIS_SENTINEL_MAX_RETRY_COUNT,
     REDIS_SENTINEL_PORT,
     REDIS_URL,
+    REDIS_SOCKET_CONNECT_TIMEOUT,
 )
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ def get_redis_connection(
                 username=redis_config["username"],
                 password=redis_config["password"],
                 decode_responses=decode_responses,
+                socket_connect_timeout=REDIS_SOCKET_CONNECT_TIMEOUT,
             )
             connection = SentinelRedisProxy(
                 sentinel,
@@ -188,6 +190,7 @@ def get_redis_connection(
                 username=redis_config["username"],
                 password=redis_config["password"],
                 decode_responses=decode_responses,
+                socket_connect_timeout=REDIS_SOCKET_CONNECT_TIMEOUT,
             )
             connection = SentinelRedisProxy(
                 sentinel,