diff --git a/.changeset/hip-nights-draw.md b/.changeset/hip-nights-draw.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b23e2c9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/hip-nights-draw.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@celo/celocli': patch
+---
+
+Set a max wait time when fetching community rpc provider metadata urls.
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/validatorgroup/rpc-urls.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/validatorgroup/rpc-urls.ts
index 0a8721440..79be1e1d3 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/validatorgroup/rpc-urls.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/validatorgroup/rpc-urls.ts
@@ -96,14 +96,16 @@ export default class RpcUrls extends BaseCommand {
     ux.action.start(`Fetching RPC URLs`)
     const rpcUrls = await concurrentMap(CONCURRENCY_LEVEL, validatorAddresses, async (address) => {
       const metadataURL = rpcNodeMetaDataUrls.get(address)
-
       if (!metadataURL) {
         return undefined
       }
-
       try {
-        const metadata = await IdentityMetadataWrapper.fetchFromURL(accountsWrapper, metadataURL)
-
+        const metadata = await Promise.race([
+          IdentityMetadataWrapper.fetchFromURL(accountsWrapper, metadataURL),
+          new Promise<never>((_, reject) =>
+            setTimeout(() => reject(new Error('Timeout')), 6_000)
+          )
+        ])
         return metadata.findClaim(ClaimTypes.RPC_URL)?.rpcUrl
       } catch (_) {
         return undefined