diff --git a/backend/kong/kong.yml b/backend/kong/kong.yml
index 22fed97..85c4f36 100644
--- a/backend/kong/kong.yml
+++ b/backend/kong/kong.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ services:
   # --- admin-service (NestJS :3012) - App version management ---
   - name: admin-service
     url: http://admin-service:3012
+    read_timeout: 600000   # 10min — large file download/upload
+    write_timeout: 600000
+    connect_timeout: 10000
     routes:
       - name: app-version-routes
         paths: