diff --git a/charts/px-central/templates/px-backup/pre-upgrade-hook/pre-upgrade-check.yaml b/charts/px-central/templates/px-backup/pre-upgrade-hook/pre-upgrade-check.yaml
index 06147b8fc..c9e43728e 100644
--- a/charts/px-central/templates/px-backup/pre-upgrade-hook/pre-upgrade-check.yaml
+++ b/charts/px-central/templates/px-backup/pre-upgrade-hook/pre-upgrade-check.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 {{- $isOpenshiftCluster := .Capabilities.APIVersions.Has "apps.openshift.io/v1" -}}
 {{- $azureProxyEnabled := .Values.proxy.azureProxyEnabled | default false }}
+{{- if and .Release.IsUpgrade (empty .Values.helmTimeout) }}
+{{ fail "ERROR You must pass the --timeout argument in the Helm upgrade command and set the helmTimeout variable to explicitly set the value (default 5m)." }}
+{{- end }}
+
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: Role
 metadata:
diff --git a/charts/px-central/values.yaml b/charts/px-central/values.yaml
index 2be07e2ee..aaedbc215 100644
--- a/charts/px-central/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/px-central/values.yaml
@@ -323,3 +323,5 @@ images:
       mongodb5: 5.0.24-debian-11-r20
       mongodb6: 6.0.13-debian-11-r21
       mongodb7: 7.0.14-debian-12-r0
+
+helmTimeout: ""
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