diff --git a/pkg/daemon/platform/local_server.go b/pkg/daemon/platform/local_server.go
index aa0cd6812..9fa67df6f 100644
--- a/pkg/daemon/platform/local_server.go
+++ b/pkg/daemon/platform/local_server.go
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func newLocalServer(
 		handlers.PrintRecoveryStack(true),
 	)(mux)
 	handler = handlers.LoggingHandler(log.Writer(log.LevelDebug), handler)
-	l.httpServer = &http.Server{Handler: handler}
+	l.httpServer = &http.Server{Handler: handler, ReadHeaderTimeout: 5 * time.Second}
 
 	return l
 }
diff --git a/pkg/platform/client/client.go b/pkg/platform/client/client.go
index e02516b64..09de339e4 100644
--- a/pkg/platform/client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/platform/client/client.go
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ func GetRestConfig(host, token string, insecure bool) (*rest.Config, error) {
 }
 
 func startServer(redirectURI string, keyChannel chan keyStruct) *http.Server {
-	srv := &http.Server{Addr: ":25843"}
+	srv := &http.Server{Addr: ":25843", ReadHeaderTimeout: 5 * time.Second}
 
 	http.HandleFunc("/login", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		keys, ok := r.URL.Query()["key"]