diff --git a/packaging/copr/Dockerfile b/packaging/copr/Dockerfile
index ff95ed68fa..956057a2da 100644
--- a/packaging/copr/Dockerfile
+++ b/packaging/copr/Dockerfile
@@ -11,20 +11,16 @@ RUN dnf update -y && \
         rust \
         cargo \
         gcc \
+        openssl-devel \
         tar \
         gzip && \
     dnf clean all
 
 # Install copr-cli via dnf to ensure dependencies are properly managed and to avoid potential issues with manual installation
 RUN dnf install -y copr-cli && \
-    dnf clean all
-
-# Add mise to PATH
-ENV PATH="/root/.local/bin:${PATH}"
-
-# Install mise and use it to install cargo-vendor
-RUN curl https://mise.run | sh
-RUN mise use -g cargo-binstall cargo:cargo-vendor
+    dnf clean all && \
+    test "$(readlink -f "$(command -v copr-cli)")" = "/usr/bin/copr-cli" && \
+    copr-cli --help >/dev/null
 
 # Set up RPM build environment
 RUN rpmdev-setuptree
diff --git a/packaging/copr/build-copr.sh b/packaging/copr/build-copr.sh
index ce8f1a3768..85663d8aea 100755
--- a/packaging/copr/build-copr.sh
+++ b/packaging/copr/build-copr.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ MAINTAINER_NAME="${MAINTAINER_NAME:-mise Release Bot}"
 MAINTAINER_EMAIL="${MAINTAINER_EMAIL:-noreply@mise.jdx.dev}"
 COPR_OWNER="${COPR_OWNER:-jdxcode}"
 COPR_PROJECT="${COPR_PROJECT:-mise}"
+COPR_BUILD_TIMEOUT="${COPR_BUILD_TIMEOUT:-180000}"
 DRY_RUN="${DRY_RUN:-false}"
 
 # Store the repository root directory
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ echo "Build Profile: $BUILD_PROFILE"
 echo "Chroots: $CHROOTS"
 echo "COPR Owner: $COPR_OWNER"
 echo "COPR Project: $COPR_PROJECT"
+echo "COPR Build Timeout: $COPR_BUILD_TIMEOUT"
 echo "Maintainer: $MAINTAINER_NAME <$MAINTAINER_EMAIL>"
 echo "Dry Run: $DRY_RUN"
 echo ""
@@ -288,7 +290,7 @@ if [ "$DRY_RUN" != "true" ]; then
 	# be interpreted as shell syntax, and validate each value against a
 	# conservative chroot pattern before forwarding to copr-cli.
 	IFS=' ' read -ra chroot_array <<<"$CHROOTS"
-	copr_args=("build")
+	copr_args=("build" "--timeout" "$COPR_BUILD_TIMEOUT")
 	for chroot in "${chroot_array[@]}"; do
 		[ -z "$chroot" ] && continue
 		if ! [[ "$chroot" =~ ^[A-Za-z0-9._+-]+$ ]]; then