diff --git a/pkg/controller/external_async_tfpluginfw.go b/pkg/controller/external_async_tfpluginfw.go
index b889c77bf..d2ce20248 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/external_async_tfpluginfw.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/external_async_tfpluginfw.go
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func (n *terraformPluginFrameworkAsyncExternalClient) Create(_ context.Context,
 		return managed.ExternalCreation{}, errors.Errorf("%s operation that started at %s is still running", n.opTracker.LastOperation.Type, n.opTracker.LastOperation.StartTime().String())
 	}
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(context.Background(), n.opTracker.LastOperation.StartTime().Add(defaultAsyncTimeout))
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(context.Background(), n.opTracker.LastOperation.StartTime().Add(asyncTimeout(n.config, "create")))
 	// We deep-copy the managed resource to prevent a data race between the
 	// goroutine we are about to start below and the managed reconciler.
 	// Please see: https://github.com/crossplane/upjet/issues/472
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ func (n *terraformPluginFrameworkAsyncExternalClient) Update(_ context.Context,
 		return managed.ExternalUpdate{}, errors.Errorf("%s operation that started at %s is still running", n.opTracker.LastOperation.Type, n.opTracker.LastOperation.StartTime().String())
 	}
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(context.Background(), n.opTracker.LastOperation.StartTime().Add(defaultAsyncTimeout))
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(context.Background(), n.opTracker.LastOperation.StartTime().Add(asyncTimeout(n.config, "update")))
 	// We deep-copy the managed resource to prevent a data race between the
 	// goroutine we are about to start below and the managed reconciler.
 	// Please see: https://github.com/crossplane/upjet/issues/472
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ func (n *terraformPluginFrameworkAsyncExternalClient) Delete(_ context.Context,
 		return managed.ExternalDelete{}, errors.Errorf("%s operation that started at %s is still running", n.opTracker.LastOperation.Type, n.opTracker.LastOperation.StartTime().String())
 	}
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(context.Background(), n.opTracker.LastOperation.StartTime().Add(defaultAsyncTimeout))
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(context.Background(), n.opTracker.LastOperation.StartTime().Add(asyncTimeout(n.config, "delete")))
 	go func() {
 		// The order of deferred functions, executed last-in-first-out, is
 		// significant. The context should be canceled last, because it is
diff --git a/pkg/controller/external_async_tfpluginsdk.go b/pkg/controller/external_async_tfpluginsdk.go
index d49f33e1f..567f856ef 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/external_async_tfpluginsdk.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/external_async_tfpluginsdk.go
@@ -27,6 +27,29 @@ import (
 
 var defaultAsyncTimeout = 1 * time.Hour
 
+// asyncTimeout returns the deadline duration for the given async operation
+// ("create", "update" or "delete"). It returns the corresponding
+// config.Resource.OperationTimeouts value if configured (non-zero),
+// and defaultAsyncTimeout otherwise.
+func asyncTimeout(cfg *config.Resource, op string) time.Duration {
+	if cfg == nil {
+		return defaultAsyncTimeout
+	}
+	var d time.Duration
+	switch op {
+	case "create":
+		d = cfg.OperationTimeouts.Create
+	case "update":
+		d = cfg.OperationTimeouts.Update
+	case "delete":
+		d = cfg.OperationTimeouts.Delete
+	}
+	if d <= 0 {
+		return defaultAsyncTimeout
+	}
+	return d
+}
+
 // TerraformPluginSDKAsyncConnector is a managed reconciler Connecter
 // implementation for reconciling Terraform plugin SDK v2 based
 // resources.
@@ -142,7 +165,7 @@ func (n *terraformPluginSDKAsyncExternal) Create(_ context.Context, mg xpresourc
 		return managed.ExternalCreation{}, errors.Errorf("%s operation that started at %s is still running", n.opTracker.LastOperation.Type, n.opTracker.LastOperation.StartTime().String())
 	}
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(context.Background(), n.opTracker.LastOperation.StartTime().Add(defaultAsyncTimeout))
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(context.Background(), n.opTracker.LastOperation.StartTime().Add(asyncTimeout(n.config, "create")))
 	// We deep-copy the managed resource to prevent a data race between the
 	// goroutine we are about to start below and the managed reconciler.
 	// Please see: https://github.com/crossplane/upjet/issues/472
@@ -188,7 +211,7 @@ func (n *terraformPluginSDKAsyncExternal) Update(_ context.Context, mg xpresourc
 		return managed.ExternalUpdate{}, errors.Errorf("%s operation that started at %s is still running", n.opTracker.LastOperation.Type, n.opTracker.LastOperation.StartTime().String())
 	}
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(context.Background(), n.opTracker.LastOperation.StartTime().Add(defaultAsyncTimeout))
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(context.Background(), n.opTracker.LastOperation.StartTime().Add(asyncTimeout(n.config, "update")))
 	// We deep-copy the managed resource to prevent a data race between the
 	// goroutine we are about to start below and the managed reconciler.
 	// Please see: https://github.com/crossplane/upjet/issues/472
@@ -238,7 +261,7 @@ func (n *terraformPluginSDKAsyncExternal) Delete(_ context.Context, mg xpresourc
 		return managed.ExternalDelete{}, errors.Errorf("%s operation that started at %s is still running", n.opTracker.LastOperation.Type, n.opTracker.LastOperation.StartTime().String())
 	}
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(context.Background(), n.opTracker.LastOperation.StartTime().Add(defaultAsyncTimeout))
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(context.Background(), n.opTracker.LastOperation.StartTime().Add(asyncTimeout(n.config, "delete")))
 	go func() {
 		// The order of deferred functions, executed last-in-first-out, is
 		// significant. The context should be canceled last, because it is
diff --git a/pkg/controller/external_async_timeout_test.go b/pkg/controller/external_async_timeout_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce4f6104c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/controller/external_async_timeout_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 The Crossplane Authors <https://crossplane.io>
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package controller
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/crossplane/upjet/v2/pkg/config"
+)
+
+func TestAsyncTimeout(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg := &config.Resource{OperationTimeouts: config.OperationTimeouts{
+		Create: 3 * time.Hour,
+		Delete: 2 * time.Hour,
+	}}
+	cases := map[string]struct {
+		cfg  *config.Resource
+		op   string
+		want time.Duration
+	}{
+		"NilConfig":        {cfg: nil, op: "create", want: defaultAsyncTimeout},
+		"CreateConfigured": {cfg: cfg, op: "create", want: 3 * time.Hour},
+		"DeleteConfigured": {cfg: cfg, op: "delete", want: 2 * time.Hour},
+		"UpdateUnset":      {cfg: cfg, op: "update", want: defaultAsyncTimeout},
+		"UnknownOp":        {cfg: cfg, op: "read", want: defaultAsyncTimeout},
+	}
+	for name, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := asyncTimeout(tc.cfg, tc.op); got != tc.want {
+				t.Errorf("asyncTimeout(%q) = %v, want %v", tc.op, got, tc.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}