diff --git a/cmd/ostracon/commands/debug/util.go b/cmd/ostracon/commands/debug/util.go
index cdbd3d029..1efbadffb 100644
--- a/cmd/ostracon/commands/debug/util.go
+++ b/cmd/ostracon/commands/debug/util.go
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
 
 	cfg "github.com/line/ostracon/config"
+	"github.com/line/ostracon/libs/net"
 	rpchttp "github.com/line/ostracon/rpc/client/http"
 )
 
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ func copyConfig(home, dir string) error {
 func dumpProfile(dir, addr, profile string, debug int) error {
 	endpoint := fmt.Sprintf("%s/debug/pprof/%s?debug=%d", addr, profile, debug)
 
-	resp, err := http.Get(endpoint) // nolint: gosec
+	resp, err := net.HttpGet(endpoint, time.Duration(frequency)*time.Second)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to query for %s profile: %w", profile, err)
 	}
diff --git a/libs/net/http.go b/libs/net/http.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..577feafe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/net/http.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package net
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// HttpGet sends a GET request to the specified url with timeout and return the response.
+func HttpGet(url string, timeout time.Duration) (*http.Response, error) {
+	request, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(context.Background(), "GET", url, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return HttpRequest(request, timeout)
+}
+
+// HttpRequest sends the specified HTTP requests with timeout and return the response.
+// For stability and security reason, we need to be available request timeouts, so http.Client{} and http.Get() are
+// overridden with functions that rely on this function.
+func HttpRequest(request *http.Request, timeout time.Duration) (*http.Response, error) {
+	client := &http.Client{
+		Timeout: timeout,
+	}
+	return client.Do(request)
+}
diff --git a/libs/net/http_test.go b/libs/net/http_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c641cd2c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/net/http_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package net
+
+import (
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestHttpGet(t *testing.T) {
+	expected := "hello, world"
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.WriteHeader(200)
+		w.Header().Set("Pragma", "no-cache")
+		w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=UTF-8")
+		_, err := w.Write([]byte(expected))
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	response, err := HttpGet(server.URL, 60*time.Second)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	bytes, err := io.ReadAll(response.Body)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, expected, string(bytes))
+}
+
+func TestHttpGetWithTimeout(t *testing.T) {
+	var mtx sync.Mutex
+	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		mtx.Lock()
+		mtx.Unlock()
+	}))
+	defer server.Close()
+
+	accuracy := 0.05
+	timeout := 10 * time.Second
+	mtx.Lock()
+	defer mtx.Unlock()
+	t0 := time.Now()
+	_, err := HttpGet(server.URL, timeout)
+	t1 := time.Now()
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	delta := t1.Sub(t0).Seconds()
+	require.Greater(t, delta, timeout.Seconds())
+	require.InDeltaf(t, timeout.Seconds(), delta, accuracy,
+		"response time of %.3f sec exceeded +%d%% of the expected timeout of %.3f sec", delta, uint(accuracy*100), timeout.Seconds())
+}
diff --git a/p2p/switch_test.go b/p2p/switch_test.go
index 85f48ae90..8829377b0 100644
--- a/p2p/switch_test.go
+++ b/p2p/switch_test.go
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	net2 "github.com/line/ostracon/libs/net"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
-	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ func TestSwitchStopPeerForError(t *testing.T) {
 	defer s.Close()
 
 	scrapeMetrics := func() string {
-		resp, err := http.Get(s.URL)
+		resp, err := net2.HttpGet(s.URL, 60*time.Second)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		defer resp.Body.Close()
 		buf, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
diff --git a/p2p/upnp/upnp.go b/p2p/upnp/upnp.go
index eadd0c0bb..83ba66e69 100644
--- a/p2p/upnp/upnp.go
+++ b/p2p/upnp/upnp.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/xml"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	net2 "github.com/line/ostracon/libs/net"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+const HttpRequestTimeout = 30 * time.Second
+
 type upnpNAT struct {
 	serviceURL string
 	ourIP      string
@@ -202,7 +205,7 @@ func localIPv4() (net.IP, error) {
 }
 
 func getServiceURL(rootURL string) (url, urnDomain string, err error) {
-	r, err := http.Get(rootURL) // nolint: gosec
+	r, err := net2.HttpGet(rootURL, HttpRequestTimeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -277,7 +280,7 @@ func soapRequest(url, function, message, domain string) (r *http.Response, err e
 
 	// log.Stderr("soapRequest ", req)
 
-	r, err = http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	r, err = net2.HttpRequest(req, HttpRequestTimeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/rpc/client/rpc_test.go b/rpc/client/rpc_test.go
index ed7cb6445..bf31a149d 100644
--- a/rpc/client/rpc_test.go
+++ b/rpc/client/rpc_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	tmjson "github.com/line/ostracon/libs/json"
 	"github.com/line/ostracon/libs/log"
 	tmmath "github.com/line/ostracon/libs/math"
+	"github.com/line/ostracon/libs/net"
 	mempl "github.com/line/ostracon/mempool"
 	"github.com/line/ostracon/rpc/client"
 	rpchttp "github.com/line/ostracon/rpc/client/http"
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ func TestNilCustomHTTPClient(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestCustomHTTPClient(t *testing.T) {
 	remote := rpctest.GetConfig().RPC.ListenAddress
-	c, err := rpchttp.NewWithClient(remote, "/websocket", http.DefaultClient)
+	c, err := rpchttp.NewWithClient(remote, "/websocket", &http.Client{Timeout: 60 * time.Second})
 	require.Nil(t, err)
 	status, err := c.Status(context.Background())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -89,8 +90,7 @@ func TestCorsEnabled(t *testing.T) {
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", remote, nil)
 	require.Nil(t, err, "%+v", err)
 	req.Header.Set("Origin", origin)
-	c := &http.Client{}
-	resp, err := c.Do(req)
+	resp, err := net.HttpRequest(req, 60*time.Second)
 	require.Nil(t, err, "%+v", err)
 	defer resp.Body.Close()
 
diff --git a/rpc/jsonrpc/client/test_util.go b/rpc/jsonrpc/client/test_util.go
index 310186b96..ca0068c74 100644
--- a/rpc/jsonrpc/client/test_util.go
+++ b/rpc/jsonrpc/client/test_util.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ func HTTPClientForTest(remoteAddr string) (*http.Client, error) {
 	dialFn, _ := makeHTTPDialer(remoteAddr)
 
 	client := &http.Client{
+		Timeout: 60 * time.Second,
 		Transport: &http.Transport{
 			// Set to true to prevent GZIP-bomb DoS attacks
 			DisableCompression:    true,