diff --git a/config/serverless.yml b/config/serverless.yml
index 49ddb01fd46a0..72ea2a907ff6b 100644
--- a/config/serverless.yml
+++ b/config/serverless.yml
@@ -294,3 +294,10 @@ xpack.genAiSettings:
   showAiBreadcrumb: false
   showSpacesIntegration: false
   showAiAssistantsVisibilitySetting: false
+
+# Async search optimizations
+server.socketTimeout: 120000 # making this explicit
+elasticsearch.idleSocketTimeout: 2m
+data.search.asyncSearch:
+  pollLength: 1m50s # set so as not to run into any of the 2 minute timeouts
+  keepAlive: 2m