diff --git a/changes/timeout-in-request-analytics b/changes/timeout-in-request-analytics
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92999783fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/timeout-in-request-analytics
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* When posting usage analytics, timeout after 30secs.
diff --git a/cmd/fleet/serve.go b/cmd/fleet/serve.go
index e0e0e03ea0..27e9914f11 100644
--- a/cmd/fleet/serve.go
+++ b/cmd/fleet/serve.go
@@ -426,12 +426,18 @@ func trySendStatistics(ds fleet.Datastore, frequency time.Duration, url string)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	req, err := http.Post(url, "application/json", bytes.NewBuffer(statsBytes))
+	client := &http.Client{Timeout: 30 * time.Second}
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, bytes.NewBuffer(statsBytes))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if req.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return errors.Errorf("Error posting to %s: %d", url, req.StatusCode)
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return errors.Errorf("Error posting to %s: %d", url, resp.StatusCode)
 	}
 	return ds.RecordStatisticsSent()
 }