diff --git a/charts/praxis-gateway/README.md b/charts/praxis-gateway/README.md
index 673db027..d57138ca 100644
--- a/charts/praxis-gateway/README.md
+++ b/charts/praxis-gateway/README.md
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ Praxis AI image; these values may advance independently.
 | `metricsListener.existingSecret` | string | `""` | Secret with `tls.crt` and `tls.key`. On OpenShift, request it with `metricsListener.service.annotations` `service.beta.openshift.io/serving-cert-secret-name`. The listener reloads the cert when the Secret changes. |
 | `metricsListener.fromNamespaces` | list | `[]` | Namespace names allowed to reach the metrics port, for example `openshift-user-workload-monitoring`. |
 | `metricsListener.serviceMonitor.enabled` | bool | `false` | Render a ServiceMonitor that verifies the cert against `caConfigMap` (for example `openshift-service-ca.crt`, key `service-ca.crt`) and renames Praxis's `cluster` label to `backend`, since ACM uses `cluster` for the managed cluster. |
+| `metricsListener.serviceMonitor.scrapeTimeout` | string | `""` | Scrape timeout. Unset leaves Prometheus's default of 10s, which Prometheus refuses when it exceeds the interval, so an interval under 10s needs this set to at most the interval. |
 | `gatewayConfig.upstreamCA.secretName` | string | `""` | CA bundle for backend TLS without a per-cluster CA (`upstream_ca_file`). |
 | `gatewayConfig.listenerTls.enabled` | bool | `false` | Terminate TLS at the listener from `existingSecret`, in render consumer or BYO mode. Render providers reject this setting and use `tls.existingSecret` for listener TLS. Names the port `https`. The cert mounts at `listenerTls.mountPath` (`/etc/praxis/listener-tls`), so a BYO config moving off `tls.enabled` must point its listener `cert_path`/`key_path` there. On OpenShift, annotate the Service with `service.beta.openshift.io/serving-cert-secret-name`. |
 | `port.containerPort` | int | `8080` | Container port. |
diff --git a/charts/praxis-gateway/templates/servicemonitor.yaml b/charts/praxis-gateway/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
index 8355592a..1f2b59a1 100644
--- a/charts/praxis-gateway/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
+++ b/charts/praxis-gateway/templates/servicemonitor.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ spec:
       scheme: https
       path: /metrics
       interval: {{ .serviceMonitor.interval }}
+      {{- with .serviceMonitor.scrapeTimeout }}
+      scrapeTimeout: {{ . | quote }}
+      {{- end }}
       tlsConfig:
         serverName: {{ printf "%s.%s.svc" $name $.Release.Namespace }}
         ca:
diff --git a/charts/praxis-gateway/tests/metrics_listener_test.yaml b/charts/praxis-gateway/tests/metrics_listener_test.yaml
index 0cbd4899..6a6556ab 100644
--- a/charts/praxis-gateway/tests/metrics_listener_test.yaml
+++ b/charts/praxis-gateway/tests/metrics_listener_test.yaml
@@ -109,6 +109,30 @@ tests:
             - action: labeldrop
               regex: cluster
 
+  - it: leaves the scrape timeout to Prometheus unless it is set
+    template: templates/servicemonitor.yaml
+    set:
+      metricsListener.serviceMonitor.enabled: true
+      metricsListener.serviceMonitor.caConfigMap: {name: openshift-service-ca.crt, key: service-ca.crt}
+    asserts:
+      - notExists:
+          path: spec.endpoints[0].scrapeTimeout
+
+  - it: scrapes with the timeout it is given, for an interval under Prometheus's default
+    template: templates/servicemonitor.yaml
+    set:
+      metricsListener.serviceMonitor.enabled: true
+      metricsListener.serviceMonitor.caConfigMap: {name: openshift-service-ca.crt, key: service-ca.crt}
+      metricsListener.serviceMonitor.interval: 5s
+      metricsListener.serviceMonitor.scrapeTimeout: 5s
+    asserts:
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.endpoints[0].interval
+          value: 5s
+      - equal:
+          path: spec.endpoints[0].scrapeTimeout
+          value: "5s"
+
   - it: refuses the listener without the NetworkPolicy
     template: templates/deployment.yaml
     set:
diff --git a/charts/praxis-gateway/values.schema.json b/charts/praxis-gateway/values.schema.json
index dead5da8..5deea67e 100644
--- a/charts/praxis-gateway/values.schema.json
+++ b/charts/praxis-gateway/values.schema.json
@@ -784,6 +784,9 @@
             "interval": {
               "type": "string"
             },
+            "scrapeTimeout": {
+              "type": "string"
+            },
             "caConfigMap": {
               "type": "object",
               "additionalProperties": false,
diff --git a/charts/praxis-gateway/values.yaml b/charts/praxis-gateway/values.yaml
index 66b3503c..fd0b7590 100644
--- a/charts/praxis-gateway/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/praxis-gateway/values.yaml
@@ -339,6 +339,10 @@ metricsListener:
     enabled: false
     # -- Scrape interval.
     interval: 30s
+    # -- Scrape timeout. Unset leaves Prometheus's default of 10s, which Prometheus
+    # refuses when it exceeds the interval, so an interval under 10s needs this set
+    # to at most the interval.
+    scrapeTimeout: ""
     # -- ConfigMap holding the CA that signed the metrics cert. Required when enabled.
     caConfigMap:
       name: ""