diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dcb4e0bfc0..9534bde8ab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Update literature around changelog contributions in CONTRIBUTING.md ([#242](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-java/pull/242))
 - Update tests to use JUnit's Assert ([#244](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-java/pull/244))
 - Add support to parse sub-aggregations from filter/nested aggregations ([#234](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-java/pull/234))
+- Add timeout and throttle to the jenkins workflows ([#231](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-java/pull/231)) 
 - Updating maintainers, admins and documentation ([#248](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-java/pull/248))
 
 ### Deprecated
@@ -24,4 +25,4 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 ### Security
 
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-java/compare/2.0...HEAD
\ No newline at end of file
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-java/compare/2.0...HEAD
diff --git a/jenkins/publish-snapshot.jenkinsfile b/jenkins/publish-snapshot.jenkinsfile
index b5d77cb23f..73ffdce604 100644
--- a/jenkins/publish-snapshot.jenkinsfile
+++ b/jenkins/publish-snapshot.jenkinsfile
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
 pipeline {
+    options {
+        timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES')
+        throttleJobProperty(
+            categories: [],
+            limitOneJobWithMatchingParams: false,
+            maxConcurrentPerNode: 0,
+            maxConcurrentTotal: 1,
+            paramsToUseForLimit: '',
+            throttleEnabled: true,
+            throttleOption: 'project',
+        )
+    }
     agent {
         docker {
             label 'Jenkins-Agent-AL2-X64-C54xlarge-Docker-Host'
diff --git a/jenkins/stage-maven-release.jenkinsfile b/jenkins/stage-maven-release.jenkinsfile
index ae8f21f2cf..80969ce215 100644
--- a/jenkins/stage-maven-release.jenkinsfile
+++ b/jenkins/stage-maven-release.jenkinsfile
@@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ lib = library(identifier: 'jenkins@main', retriever: modernSCM([
 ]))
 
 pipeline {
+    options {
+        timeout(time: 30, unit: 'MINUTES')
+        throttleJobProperty(
+            categories: [],
+            limitOneJobWithMatchingParams: false,
+            maxConcurrentPerNode: 0,
+            maxConcurrentTotal: 1,
+            paramsToUseForLimit: '',
+            throttleEnabled: true,
+            throttleOption: 'project',
+        )
+    }
     agent {
         docker {
             label 'Jenkins-Agent-AL2-X64-C54xlarge-Docker-Host'