diff --git a/playwright/src/main/java/com/microsoft/playwright/impl/junit/BrowserContextExtension.java b/playwright/src/main/java/com/microsoft/playwright/impl/junit/BrowserContextExtension.java
index 4a58f3649..e27b1c448 100644
--- a/playwright/src/main/java/com/microsoft/playwright/impl/junit/BrowserContextExtension.java
+++ b/playwright/src/main/java/com/microsoft/playwright/impl/junit/BrowserContextExtension.java
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ public static BrowserContext getOrCreateBrowserContext(ExtensionContext extensio
     Browser browser = BrowserExtension.getOrCreateBrowser(extensionContext);
     Browser.NewContextOptions contextOptions = getContextOptions(playwright, options);
     browserContext = browser.newContext(contextOptions);
+    if (options.defaultTimeout != null) {
+      browserContext.setDefaultTimeout(options.defaultTimeout);
+    }
     if (shouldRecordTrace(options)) {
       Tracing.StartOptions startOptions = new Tracing.StartOptions().setSnapshots(true).setScreenshots(true).setTitle(extensionContext.getDisplayName());
       if (System.getenv("PLAYWRIGHT_JAVA_SRC") != null) {
diff --git a/playwright/src/main/java/com/microsoft/playwright/junit/Options.java b/playwright/src/main/java/com/microsoft/playwright/junit/Options.java
index 7d4a38f45..0a9e8b8f9 100644
--- a/playwright/src/main/java/com/microsoft/playwright/junit/Options.java
+++ b/playwright/src/main/java/com/microsoft/playwright/junit/Options.java
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ public class Options {
   // Custom attribute to be used in page.getByTestId(). data-testid is used by default.
   public String testIdAttribute;
   public Boolean ignoreHTTPSErrors;
+  // Default timeout applied to each injected BrowserContext.
+  public Double defaultTimeout;
   public BrowserType.LaunchOptions launchOptions;
   public Browser.NewContextOptions contextOptions;
   public APIRequest.NewContextOptions apiRequestOptions;
@@ -131,4 +133,15 @@ public Options setIgnoreHTTPSErrors(Boolean ignoreHTTPSErrors) {
     this.ignoreHTTPSErrors = ignoreHTTPSErrors;
     return this;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the default timeout for each BrowserContext created by the JUnit extension.
+   *
+   * @param defaultTimeout timeout in milliseconds
+   * @return this options instance
+   */
+  public Options setDefaultTimeout(Double defaultTimeout) {
+    this.defaultTimeout = defaultTimeout;
+    return this;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/playwright/src/test/java/com/microsoft/playwright/junit/TestFixtureOptions.java b/playwright/src/test/java/com/microsoft/playwright/junit/TestFixtureOptions.java
index e0246a315..675494e52 100644
--- a/playwright/src/test/java/com/microsoft/playwright/junit/TestFixtureOptions.java
+++ b/playwright/src/test/java/com/microsoft/playwright/junit/TestFixtureOptions.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public Options getOptions() {
       return new Options()
         .setBaseUrl(serverMap.get(TestFixtureOptions.class).EMPTY_PAGE)
         .setBrowserName("webkit")
+        .setDefaultTimeout(10_000.0)
         .setTestIdAttribute("data-my-custom-testid");
     }
   }