diff --git a/.changeset/add-registry-timeout.md b/.changeset/add-registry-timeout.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b90b1b530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/add-registry-timeout.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@asyncapi/cli": patch
+---
+
+fix: add timeout and HEAD method to registry URL validation
diff --git a/src/utils/generate/registry.ts b/src/utils/generate/registry.ts
index 16fdda2e5..5ee54a4af 100644
--- a/src/utils/generate/registry.ts
+++ b/src/utils/generate/registry.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,27 @@ export function registryURLParser(input?: string) {
 
 export async function registryValidation(registryUrl?: string, registryAuth?: string, registryToken?: string) {
   if (!registryUrl) { return; }
+  
+  const controller = new AbortController();
+  const timeout = setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), 3000);
+  
   try {
-    const response = await fetch(registryUrl as string);
+    const response = await fetch(registryUrl as string, {
+      method: 'HEAD',
+      signal: controller.signal
+    });
+    clearTimeout(timeout);
+    
     if (response.status === 401 && !registryAuth && !registryToken) {
       throw new Error('You Need to pass either registryAuth in username:password encoded in Base64 or need to pass registryToken');
     }
-  } catch {
+  } catch (error) {
+    clearTimeout(timeout);
+    
+    if (error instanceof Error && error.name === 'AbortError') {
+      throw new Error(`Registry URL validation timed out after 3 seconds: ${registryUrl}`);
+    }
+    
     throw new Error(`Can't fetch registryURL: ${registryUrl}`);
   }
 }