diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index c86ea7db4d..40264debbf 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ Development
 - Disable email validation in DO Premium Subscriptions [#16309](https://github.com/CartoDB/cartodb/pull/16309)
 - Invalidate sessions on 'session_salt' issue [#16376](https://github.com/CartoDB/cartodb/pull/16376)
 - Hide sharing tab from viewer in on-premises [#16299](https://github.com/CartoDB/cartodb/pull/16299)
+- Add timeout for SQL API exports [#16377](https://github.com/CartoDB/cartodb/pull/16377)
 - Remove all references to Spatial Data Catalog and Kepler GL maps in on-premises [#16293](https://github.com/CartoDB/cartodb/pull/16293)
 - Increase hard-limit of MAX_TABLES_PER_IMPORT [#16374](https://github.com/CartoDB/cartodb/pull/16374)
 - Guard code for vizjson users [#16267](https://github.com/CartoDB/cartodb/pull/16267)
diff --git a/spec/factories/user_metadata_export.rb b/spec/factories/user_metadata_export.rb
index 7ffb515bb8..559d397e41 100644
--- a/spec/factories/user_metadata_export.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/user_metadata_export.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class UserMetadataExportFactory
         user_timeout: 300_000,
         database_render_timeout: 0,
         user_render_timeout: 0,
+        export_timeout: 0,
         upgraded_at: nil,
         map_view_block_price: nil,
         geocoding_quota: 0,