diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index 02756dad5..bf14a1aa0 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
+	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/keyring"
 	ghAuth "github.com/cli/go-gh/v2/pkg/auth"
 	ghConfig "github.com/cli/go-gh/v2/pkg/config"
-	"github.com/zalando/go-keyring"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/internal/keyring/keyring.go b/internal/keyring/keyring.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..afb5025e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/keyring/keyring.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// Package keyring is a simple wrapper that adds timeouts to the zalando/go-keyring package.
+package keyring
+
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/zalando/go-keyring"
+)
+
+type TimeoutError struct {
+	message string
+}
+
+func (e *TimeoutError) Error() string {
+	return e.message
+}
+
+// Set secret in keyring for user.
+func Set(service, user, secret string) error {
+	ch := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		defer close(ch)
+		ch <- keyring.Set(service, user, secret)
+	}()
+	select {
+	case err := <-ch:
+		return err
+	case <-time.After(3 * time.Second):
+		return &TimeoutError{"timeout while trying to set secret in keyring"}
+	}
+}
+
+// Get secret from keyring given service and user name.
+func Get(service, user string) (string, error) {
+	ch := make(chan struct {
+		val string
+		err error
+	}, 1)
+	go func() {
+		defer close(ch)
+		val, err := keyring.Get(service, user)
+		ch <- struct {
+			val string
+			err error
+		}{val, err}
+	}()
+	select {
+	case res := <-ch:
+		return res.val, res.err
+	case <-time.After(3 * time.Second):
+		return "", &TimeoutError{"timeout while trying to get secret from keyring"}
+	}
+}
+
+// Delete secret from keyring.
+func Delete(service, user string) error {
+	ch := make(chan error, 1)
+	go func() {
+		defer close(ch)
+		ch <- keyring.Delete(service, user)
+	}()
+	select {
+	case err := <-ch:
+		return err
+	case <-time.After(3 * time.Second):
+		return &TimeoutError{"timeout while trying to delete secret from keyring"}
+	}
+}