diff --git a/CHANGES/8444.bugfix b/CHANGES/8444.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2fc1d5d829c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/8444.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix ``ws_connect`` not respecting ``timeout`` nor ``receive_timeout`` on WS(S) connection.
+-- by :user:`arcivanov`.
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index 277171a239e..f4fd64904ec 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Anes Abismail
 Antoine Pietri
 Anton Kasyanov
 Anton Zhdan-Pushkin
+Arcadiy Ivanov
 Arseny Timoniq
 Artem Yushkovskiy
 Arthur Darcet
diff --git a/aiohttp/client.py b/aiohttp/client.py
index 32d2c3b7119..165cd145ee4 100644
--- a/aiohttp/client.py
+++ b/aiohttp/client.py
@@ -922,6 +922,13 @@ async def _ws_connect(
             assert conn is not None
             conn_proto = conn.protocol
             assert conn_proto is not None
+            # For WS connection the sock_read must be either receive_timeout
+            # or timeout (whichever is specified), unless read_timeout is greater
+            conn_proto.read_timeout = (
+                max(receive_timeout or timeout, conn_proto.read_timeout)
+                if conn_proto.read_timeout
+                else (receive_timeout or timeout)
+            )
             transport = conn.transport
             assert transport is not None
             reader: FlowControlDataQueue[WSMessage] = FlowControlDataQueue(
diff --git a/aiohttp/client_proto.py b/aiohttp/client_proto.py
index 723f5aae5f4..a7c4b6c757d 100644
--- a/aiohttp/client_proto.py
+++ b/aiohttp/client_proto.py
@@ -224,6 +224,14 @@ def _reschedule_timeout(self) -> None:
     def start_timeout(self) -> None:
         self._reschedule_timeout()
 
+    @property
+    def read_timeout(self) -> Optional[float]:
+        return self._read_timeout
+
+    @read_timeout.setter
+    def read_timeout(self, read_timeout: Optional[float]) -> None:
+        self._read_timeout = read_timeout
+
     def _on_read_timeout(self) -> None:
         exc = ServerTimeoutError("Timeout on reading data from socket")
         self.set_exception(exc)