diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/rollup/RollupSearchService.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/rollup/RollupSearchService.kt
index 80405878d..91b575a0b 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/rollup/RollupSearchService.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/rollup/RollupSearchService.kt
@@ -12,14 +12,17 @@ import org.opensearch.core.action.ActionListener
 import org.opensearch.action.bulk.BackoffPolicy
 import org.opensearch.action.search.SearchPhaseExecutionException
 import org.opensearch.action.search.SearchResponse
+import org.opensearch.action.search.TransportSearchAction.SEARCH_CANCEL_AFTER_TIME_INTERVAL_SETTING
 import org.opensearch.client.Client
 import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService
 import org.opensearch.core.common.breaker.CircuitBreakingException
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings
+import org.opensearch.common.unit.TimeValue
 import org.opensearch.indexmanagement.opensearchapi.retry
 import org.opensearch.indexmanagement.opensearchapi.suspendUntil
 import org.opensearch.indexmanagement.rollup.model.Rollup
 import org.opensearch.indexmanagement.rollup.model.RollupMetadata
+import org.opensearch.indexmanagement.rollup.settings.RollupSettings.Companion.MINIMUM_CANCEL_AFTER_TIME_INTERVAL_MINUTES
 import org.opensearch.indexmanagement.rollup.settings.RollupSettings.Companion.ROLLUP_SEARCH_BACKOFF_COUNT
 import org.opensearch.indexmanagement.rollup.settings.RollupSettings.Companion.ROLLUP_SEARCH_BACKOFF_MILLIS
 import org.opensearch.indexmanagement.rollup.util.getRollupSearchRequest
@@ -44,10 +47,16 @@ class RollupSearchService(
     @Volatile private var retrySearchPolicy =
         BackoffPolicy.constantBackoff(ROLLUP_SEARCH_BACKOFF_MILLIS.get(settings), ROLLUP_SEARCH_BACKOFF_COUNT.get(settings))
 
+    @Volatile private var cancelAfterTimeInterval = SEARCH_CANCEL_AFTER_TIME_INTERVAL_SETTING.get(settings)
+
     init {
         clusterService.clusterSettings.addSettingsUpdateConsumer(ROLLUP_SEARCH_BACKOFF_MILLIS, ROLLUP_SEARCH_BACKOFF_COUNT) { millis, count ->
             retrySearchPolicy = BackoffPolicy.constantBackoff(millis, count)
         }
+
+        clusterService.clusterSettings.addSettingsUpdateConsumer(SEARCH_CANCEL_AFTER_TIME_INTERVAL_SETTING) {
+            cancelAfterTimeInterval = it
+        }
     }
 
     // TODO: Failed shouldn't process? How to recover from failed -> how does a user retry a failed rollup
@@ -103,7 +112,12 @@ class RollupSearchService(
                             "Composite search failed for rollup, retrying [#${retryCount - 1}] -" +
                                 " reducing page size of composite aggregation from ${job.pageSize} to $pageSize"
                         )
-                        search(job.copy(pageSize = pageSize).getRollupSearchRequest(metadata), listener)
+
+                        val searchRequest = job.copy(pageSize = pageSize).getRollupSearchRequest(metadata)
+                        val cancelTimeoutTimeValue = TimeValue.timeValueMinutes(getCancelAfterTimeInterval(cancelAfterTimeInterval.minutes))
+                        searchRequest.cancelAfterTimeInterval = cancelTimeoutTimeValue
+
+                        search(searchRequest, listener)
                     }
                 }
             )
@@ -132,6 +146,16 @@ class RollupSearchService(
             RollupSearchResult.Failure(cause = e)
         }
     }
+
+    private fun getCancelAfterTimeInterval(givenInterval: Long): Long {
+        // The default value for the cancelAfterTimeInterval is -1 and so, in this case
+        // we should ignore processing on the value
+        if (givenInterval == -1L) {
+            return givenInterval
+        }
+
+        return max(cancelAfterTimeInterval.minutes(), MINIMUM_CANCEL_AFTER_TIME_INTERVAL_MINUTES)
+    }
 }
 
 sealed class RollupSearchResult {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/rollup/settings/RollupSettings.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/rollup/settings/RollupSettings.kt
index d0464bd34..22238fd6d 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/rollup/settings/RollupSettings.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/rollup/settings/RollupSettings.kt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class RollupSettings {
         const val DEFAULT_RENEW_LOCK_RETRY_DELAY = 1000L
         const val DEFAULT_CLIENT_REQUEST_RETRY_COUNT = 3
         const val DEFAULT_CLIENT_REQUEST_RETRY_DELAY = 1000L
+        const val MINIMUM_CANCEL_AFTER_TIME_INTERVAL_MINUTES = 10L
 
         val ROLLUP_ENABLED: Setting<Boolean> = Setting.boolSetting(
             "plugins.rollup.enabled",