diff --git a/tools/Kute/Nethermind.Tools.Kute/Program.cs b/tools/Kute/Nethermind.Tools.Kute/Program.cs
index 6c640ab0f808..e4bd6d9bcfa1 100644
--- a/tools/Kute/Nethermind.Tools.Kute/Program.cs
+++ b/tools/Kute/Nethermind.Tools.Kute/Program.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 using Nethermind.Tools.Kute.SecretProvider;
 using Nethermind.Tools.Kute.SystemClock;
 using System.CommandLine;
+using System.Net;
 
 namespace Nethermind.Tools.Kute;
 
@@ -56,7 +57,18 @@ private static IServiceProvider BuildServiceProvider(ParseResult parseResult)
 
         collection.AddSingleton<Application>();
         collection.AddSingleton<ISystemClock, RealSystemClock>();
-        collection.AddSingleton<HttpClient>();
+        collection.AddSingleton<HttpClient>(_ =>
+        {
+            // Disable proxy auto-detection to avoid timeout (~2s) on Windows.
+            // Each Kute invocation is a separate process, so the proxy lookup
+            // would otherwise be paid on every single measured request.
+            var handler = new SocketsHttpHandler
+            {
+                UseProxy = false,
+                AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.None,
+            };
+            return new HttpClient(handler);
+        });
         collection.AddSingleton<ISecretProvider>(new FileSecretProvider(parseResult.GetValue(Config.JwtSecretFilePath)!));
         collection.AddSingleton<IAuth>(provider =>
             new TtlAuth(