diff --git a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/cassandra_to_gcs.py b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/cassandra_to_gcs.py
index 19a130c50638..d2f5ee1acfce 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/cassandra_to_gcs.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/google/cloud/transfers/cassandra_to_gcs.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 from datetime import datetime
 from decimal import Decimal
 from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
-from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Union
+from typing import Any, Dict, Iterable, List, NewType, Optional, Sequence, Tuple, Union
 from uuid import UUID
 
 from cassandra.util import Date, OrderedMapSerializedKey, SortedSet, Time
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
 from airflow.providers.apache.cassandra.hooks.cassandra import CassandraHook
 from airflow.providers.google.cloud.hooks.gcs import GCSHook
 
+NotSetType = NewType('NotSetType', object)
+NOT_SET = NotSetType(object())
+
 
 class CassandraToGCSOperator(BaseOperator):
     """
@@ -84,6 +87,10 @@ class CassandraToGCSOperator(BaseOperator):
         Service Account Token Creator IAM role to the directly preceding identity, with first
         account from the list granting this role to the originating account (templated).
     :type impersonation_chain: Union[str, Sequence[str]]
+    :param query_timeout: (Optional) The amount of time, in seconds, used to execute the Cassandra query.
+        If not set, the timeout value will be set in Session.execute() by Cassandra driver.
+        If set to None, there is no timeout.
+    :type query_timeout: float | None
     """
 
     template_fields = (
@@ -110,6 +117,7 @@ def __init__(
         google_cloud_storage_conn_id: Optional[str] = None,
         delegate_to: Optional[str] = None,
         impersonation_chain: Optional[Union[str, Sequence[str]]] = None,
+        query_timeout: Union[float, None, NotSetType] = NOT_SET,
         **kwargs,
     ) -> None:
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
@@ -133,6 +141,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.delegate_to = delegate_to
         self.gzip = gzip
         self.impersonation_chain = impersonation_chain
+        self.query_timeout = query_timeout
 
     # Default Cassandra to BigQuery type mapping
     CQL_TYPE_MAP = {
@@ -162,7 +171,12 @@ def __init__(
 
     def execute(self, context: Dict[str, str]):
         hook = CassandraHook(cassandra_conn_id=self.cassandra_conn_id)
-        cursor = hook.get_conn().execute(self.cql)
+
+        query_extra = {}
+        if self.query_timeout is not NOT_SET:
+            query_extra['timeout'] = self.query_timeout
+
+        cursor = hook.get_conn().execute(self.cql, **query_extra)
 
         files_to_upload = self._write_local_data_files(cursor)
 
diff --git a/tests/providers/google/cloud/transfers/test_cassandra_to_gcs.py b/tests/providers/google/cloud/transfers/test_cassandra_to_gcs.py
index e71745d112a1..b53bbb4e66cb 100644
--- a/tests/providers/google/cloud/transfers/test_cassandra_to_gcs.py
+++ b/tests/providers/google/cloud/transfers/test_cassandra_to_gcs.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ def test_execute(self, mock_hook, mock_upload, mock_tempfile):
         schema = "schema.json"
         filename = "data.json"
         gzip = True
+        query_timeout = 20
         mock_tempfile.return_value.name = TMP_FILE_NAME
 
         operator = CassandraToGCSOperator(
@@ -43,9 +44,14 @@ def test_execute(self, mock_hook, mock_upload, mock_tempfile):
             filename=filename,
             schema_filename=schema,
             gzip=gzip,
+            query_timeout=query_timeout,
         )
         operator.execute(None)
         mock_hook.return_value.get_conn.assert_called_once_with()
+        mock_hook.return_value.get_conn.return_value.execute.assert_called_once_with(
+            "select * from keyspace1.table1",
+            timeout=20,
+        )
 
         call_schema = call(
             bucket_name=test_bucket,