diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/ScmConfigKeys.java b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/ScmConfigKeys.java
index 6dd3856..d96eb50 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/ScmConfigKeys.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/ScmConfigKeys.java
@@ -467,6 +467,11 @@
   public static final TimeDuration OZONE_SCM_RATIS_MINIMUM_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT
       = TimeDuration.valueOf(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
 
+  public static final String OZONE_SCM_RATIS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_KEY
+      = "ozone.scm.ratis.minimum.timeout";
+  public static final String OZONE_SCM_RATIS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT
+      = "30s";
+
   // SCM Ratis Leader Election configurations
   public static final String
       OZONE_SCM_LEADER_ELECTION_MINIMUM_TIMEOUT_DURATION_KEY =
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
index b67b53d..98684b8 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
@@ -2068,6 +2068,14 @@
   </property>
 
   <property>
+    <name>ozone.scm.ratis.minimum.timeout</name>
+    <value>30s</value>
+    <tag>OZONE, SCM, HA, RATIS</tag>
+    <description>The request timeout duration for SCM's Ratis server request.
+    </description>
+  </property>
+
+  <property>
     <name>ozone.scm.ratis.leader.election.minimum.timeout.duration</name>
     <value>1s</value>
     <tag>OZONE, SCM, HA, RATIS</tag>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/ha/SCMRatisServer.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/ha/SCMRatisServer.java
index b351c86..66607a0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/ha/SCMRatisServer.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/ha/SCMRatisServer.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
 /**
  * TODO.
@@ -36,7 +37,8 @@
   void registerStateMachineHandler(RequestType handlerType, Object handler);
 
   SCMRatisResponse submitRequest(SCMRatisRequest request)
-      throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException;
+      throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException,
+      TimeoutException;
 
   void stop() throws IOException;
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/ha/SCMRatisServerImpl.java b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/ha/SCMRatisServerImpl.java
index 79da583..d9d6595 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/ha/SCMRatisServerImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/server-scm/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/ha/SCMRatisServerImpl.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.conf.OzoneConfiguration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.protocol.proto.SCMRatisProtocol.RequestType;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.AddSCMRequest;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.ScmConfigKeys;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.server.StorageContainerManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConsts;
 import org.apache.hadoop.util.Time;
@@ -195,7 +198,8 @@
 
   @Override
   public SCMRatisResponse submitRequest(SCMRatisRequest request)
-      throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
+      throws IOException, ExecutionException, InterruptedException,
+      TimeoutException {
     final RaftClientRequest raftClientRequest = RaftClientRequest.newBuilder()
         .setClientId(clientId)
         .setServerId(getDivision().getId())
@@ -204,8 +208,14 @@
         .setMessage(request.encode())
         .setType(RaftClientRequest.writeRequestType())
         .build();
+    // any request submitted to
+    final long requestTimeout = scm.getConfiguration()
+        .getTimeDuration(ScmConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_RATIS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_KEY,
+            ScmConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_RATIS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT,
+            TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
     final RaftClientReply raftClientReply =
-        server.submitClientRequestAsync(raftClientRequest).get();
+        server.submitClientRequestAsync(raftClientRequest)
+            .get(requestTimeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
     if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
       LOG.info("request {} Reply {}", raftClientRequest, raftClientReply);
     }