diff --git a/rpc/client.go b/rpc/client.go
index d4d74c889d..8ef20fb3cc 100644
--- a/rpc/client.go
+++ b/rpc/client.go
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ var (
 const (
 	// Timeouts
 	defaultDialTimeout = 10 * time.Second // used if context has no deadline
-	subscribeTimeout   = 5 * time.Second  // overall timeout ctxc_subscribe, rpc_modules calls
+	subscribeTimeout   = 10 * time.Second // overall timeout eth_subscribe, rpc_modules calls
+	unsubscribeTimeout = 10 * time.Second // timeout for *_unsubscribe calls
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/rpc/subscription.go b/rpc/subscription.go
index f0a747f6e2..c98f055af1 100644
--- a/rpc/subscription.go
+++ b/rpc/subscription.go
@@ -376,6 +376,9 @@ func (sub *ClientSubscription) unmarshal(result json.RawMessage) (any, error) {
 }
 
 func (sub *ClientSubscription) requestUnsubscribe() error {
-	var result any
-	return sub.client.Call(&result, sub.namespace+unsubscribeMethodSuffix, sub.subid)
+	var result interface{}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), unsubscribeTimeout)
+	defer cancel()
+	err := sub.client.CallContext(ctx, &result, sub.namespace+unsubscribeMethodSuffix, sub.subid)
+	return err
 }