diff --git a/lib/suite.js b/lib/suite.js
index ff78e2b0e5..52ebfdc164 100644
--- a/lib/suite.js
+++ b/lib/suite.js
@@ -224,12 +224,23 @@ class Suite extends EventEmitter {
     // Allow overriding inner/nested suites
     // See and test-cases with chain-called timeout argument.
     // https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/issues/5422
+    // https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/issues/6033
     for (const t of this.tests) {
       t.timeout(this._timeout);
     }
     for (const s of this.suites) {
       s.timeout(this._timeout);
     }
+    for (const hooks of [
+      this._beforeAll,
+      this._beforeEach,
+      this._afterAll,
+      this._afterEach,
+    ]) {
+      for (const h of hooks) {
+        h.timeout(this._timeout);
+      }
+    }
     return this;
   }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/suite.spec.cjs b/test/unit/suite.spec.cjs
index cb55d58727..c2627a5a3e 100644
--- a/test/unit/suite.spec.cjs
+++ b/test/unit/suite.spec.cjs
@@ -105,6 +105,24 @@ describe("Suite", function () {
           const newSuite = suite.timeout(5000);
           expect(newSuite.timeout(), "to be", 5000);
         });
+
+        it("should propagate the timeout to already-registered hooks", function () {
+          // https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/issues/6033
+          // The chained `describe(...).timeout(N)` form creates hooks during the
+          // describe callback (with the suite's default timeout) and only calls
+          // the setter afterwards, so the new value must reach the hook arrays.
+          suite.beforeAll(function () {});
+          suite.beforeEach(function () {});
+          suite.afterAll(function () {});
+          suite.afterEach(function () {});
+
+          suite.timeout(5000);
+
+          expect(suite.getHooks("beforeAll")[0].timeout(), "to be", 5000);
+          expect(suite.getHooks("beforeEach")[0].timeout(), "to be", 5000);
+          expect(suite.getHooks("afterAll")[0].timeout(), "to be", 5000);
+          expect(suite.getHooks("afterEach")[0].timeout(), "to be", 5000);
+        });
       });
     });