diff --git a/integration/integration_test.go b/integration/integration_test.go
index 7ab6b89..c02d4c2 100644
--- a/integration/integration_test.go
+++ b/integration/integration_test.go
@@ -342,6 +342,21 @@ func TestMain(t *testing.T) {
 		assertBufEquals(t, res.stdout, data)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("timeout", func(t *testing.T) {
+		server := startServer(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			select {
+			case <-r.Context().Done():
+				return
+			case <-time.After(time.Second):
+			}
+		})
+		defer server.Close()
+
+		res := runFetch(t, fetchPath, server.URL, "-t", "0.0000001")
+		assertExitCode(t, 1, res)
+		assertBufContains(t, res.stderr, "request timed out after 100ns")
+	})
+
 	t.Run("ignore status", func(t *testing.T) {
 		var statusCode atomic.Int64
 		statusCode.Store(200)
diff --git a/internal/client/client.go b/internal/client/client.go
index c6704b8..7b4eaed 100644
--- a/internal/client/client.go
+++ b/internal/client/client.go
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ type ClientConfig struct {
 	HTTP      HTTPVersion
 	Insecure  bool
 	Proxy     *url.URL
-	Timeout   time.Duration
 	TLS       uint16
 }
 
@@ -84,7 +83,6 @@ func NewClient(cfg ClientConfig) *Client {
 
 	return &Client{
 		c: &http.Client{
-			Timeout:   cfg.Timeout,
 			Transport: transport,
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/internal/fetch/fetch.go b/internal/fetch/fetch.go
index d1eaa63..3ebcd08 100644
--- a/internal/fetch/fetch.go
+++ b/internal/fetch/fetch.go
@@ -97,20 +97,11 @@ func Fetch(ctx context.Context, r *Request) int {
 }
 
 func fetch(ctx context.Context, r *Request) (int, error) {
-	errPrinter := r.PrinterHandle.Stderr()
-	outPrinter := r.PrinterHandle.Stdout()
-
-	if r.URL.Scheme == "" {
-		// Use HTTPS if no scheme is defined.
-		r.URL.Scheme = "https"
-	}
-
 	c := client.NewClient(client.ClientConfig{
 		DNSServer: r.DNSServer,
 		HTTP:      r.HTTP,
 		Insecure:  r.Insecure,
 		Proxy:     r.Proxy,
-		Timeout:   r.Timeout,
 		TLS:       r.TLS,
 	})
 	req, err := c.NewRequest(ctx, client.RequestConfig{
@@ -159,6 +150,7 @@ func fetch(ctx context.Context, r *Request) (int, error) {
 	}
 
 	if r.Verbosity >= VExtraVerbose || r.DryRun {
+		errPrinter := r.PrinterHandle.Stderr()
 		printRequestMetadata(errPrinter, req)
 
 		if r.DryRun {
@@ -178,6 +170,18 @@ func fetch(ctx context.Context, r *Request) (int, error) {
 		errPrinter.Flush()
 	}
 
+	if r.Timeout > 0 {
+		var cancel context.CancelFunc
+		cause := vars.ErrRequestTimedOut{Timeout: r.Timeout}
+		ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeoutCause(req.Context(), r.Timeout, cause)
+		defer cancel()
+		req = req.WithContext(ctx)
+	}
+
+	return makeRequest(r, c, req)
+}
+
+func makeRequest(r *Request, c *client.Client, req *http.Request) (int, error) {
 	resp, err := c.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
@@ -190,17 +194,19 @@ func fetch(ctx context.Context, r *Request) (int, error) {
 	}
 
 	if r.Verbosity >= VNormal {
-		printResponseMetadata(errPrinter, r.Verbosity, resp)
-		errPrinter.Flush()
+		p := r.PrinterHandle.Stderr()
+		printResponseMetadata(p, r.Verbosity, resp)
+		p.Flush()
 	}
 
-	body, err := formatResponse(r, resp, outPrinter)
+	body, err := formatResponse(r, resp, r.PrinterHandle.Stdout())
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
 
 	if body != nil {
-		err = streamToStdout(body, errPrinter, r.Output == "-", r.NoPager)
+		p := r.PrinterHandle.Stderr()
+		err = streamToStdout(body, p, r.Output == "-", r.NoPager)
 		if err != nil {
 			return 0, err
 		}
diff --git a/internal/update/update.go b/internal/update/update.go
index ffbf63a..4b68e6e 100644
--- a/internal/update/update.go
+++ b/internal/update/update.go
@@ -40,8 +40,14 @@ func Update(ctx context.Context, p *printer.Printer, timeout time.Duration, sile
 }
 
 func update(ctx context.Context, p *printer.Printer, timeout time.Duration, silent bool) error {
-	cfg := client.ClientConfig{Timeout: timeout}
-	c := client.NewClient(cfg)
+	c := client.NewClient(client.ClientConfig{})
+
+	if timeout > 0 {
+		var cancel context.CancelFunc
+		cause := vars.ErrRequestTimedOut{Timeout: timeout}
+		ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeoutCause(ctx, timeout, cause)
+		defer cancel()
+	}
 
 	writeInfo(p, silent, "fetching latest release tag")
 	latest, err := getLatestRelease(ctx, c)
diff --git a/internal/vars/vars.go b/internal/vars/vars.go
index 7fe06c9..cd78bc0 100644
--- a/internal/vars/vars.go
+++ b/internal/vars/vars.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"runtime/debug"
+	"time"
 
 	"golang.org/x/term"
 )
@@ -36,6 +37,14 @@ type KeyVal struct {
 	Key, Val string
 }
 
+type ErrRequestTimedOut struct {
+	Timeout time.Duration
+}
+
+func (err ErrRequestTimedOut) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("request timed out after %s", err.Timeout)
+}
+
 type SignalError string
 
 func (err SignalError) Error() string {