diff --git a/packages/cache/src/internal/downloadUtils.ts b/packages/cache/src/internal/downloadUtils.ts
index 9cde1f4f..af2a46f1 100644
--- a/packages/cache/src/internal/downloadUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/src/internal/downloadUtils.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import {SocketTimeout} from './constants'
 import {DownloadOptions} from '../options'
 import {retryHttpClientResponse} from './requestUtils'
 
+import { AbortController } from "@azure/abort-controller";
+
 /**
  * Pipes the body of a HTTP response to a stream
  *
@@ -248,7 +250,8 @@ export async function downloadCacheStorageSDK(
 
     try {
       downloadProgress.startDisplayTimer()
-
+      const controller = new AbortController();
+      const abortSignal = controller.signal;
       while (!downloadProgress.isDone()) {
         const segmentStart =
           downloadProgress.segmentOffset + downloadProgress.segmentSize
@@ -264,14 +267,16 @@ export async function downloadCacheStorageSDK(
             segmentStart,
             segmentSize,
             {
+              abortSignal: abortSignal,
               concurrency: options.downloadConcurrency,
               onProgress: downloadProgress.onProgress()
             }
           ),
-          timer.setTimeout(60 * 60 * 1000, 'timeout')]);
+          timer.setTimeout(options.abortTimeInMs, 'timeout')]);
           
         if(result === 'timeout') {
-          throw new Error("Segment download timed out");
+          controller.abort();
+          throw new Error("Download aborted, segment download timed out.");
         }
 
         fs.writeFileSync(fd, result)
diff --git a/packages/cache/src/options.ts b/packages/cache/src/options.ts
index 94642fd3..bc0c03b7 100644
--- a/packages/cache/src/options.ts
+++ b/packages/cache/src/options.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,16 @@ export interface DownloadOptions {
    *
    * @default 30000
    */
-  timeoutInMs?: number
+   timeoutInMs?: number
+
+  
+  /**
+   * Time after which download should be aborted if stuck
+   *
+   * @default 2700000
+   */
+   abortTimeInMs?: number
+
 }
 
 /**
@@ -84,7 +93,8 @@ export function getDownloadOptions(copy?: DownloadOptions): DownloadOptions {
   const result: DownloadOptions = {
     useAzureSdk: true,
     downloadConcurrency: 8,
-    timeoutInMs: 30000
+    timeoutInMs: 30000,
+    abortTimeInMs: 2700000
   }
 
   if (copy) {
@@ -99,11 +109,16 @@ export function getDownloadOptions(copy?: DownloadOptions): DownloadOptions {
     if (typeof copy.timeoutInMs === 'number') {
       result.timeoutInMs = copy.timeoutInMs
     }
+
+    if (typeof copy.abortTimeInMs === 'number') {
+      result.abortTimeInMs = copy.abortTimeInMs
+    }
   }
 
   core.debug(`Use Azure SDK: ${result.useAzureSdk}`)
   core.debug(`Download concurrency: ${result.downloadConcurrency}`)
   core.debug(`Request timeout (ms): ${result.timeoutInMs}`)
+  core.debug(`Abort time (ms): ${result.abortTimeInMs}`)
 
   return result
 }