diff --git a/test/test_http_proxy.py b/test/test_http_proxy.py
index 1658c7949..102fc4d4f 100644
--- a/test/test_http_proxy.py
+++ b/test/test_http_proxy.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def handle(self):
         protocol = websockets.ServerProtocol()
         connection = websockets.sync.server.ServerConnection(socket=self.request, protocol=protocol, close_timeout=10)
         try:
-            connection.handshake()
+            connection.handshake(timeout=5.0)
             for message in connection:
                 if message == 'proxy_info':
                     connection.send(json.dumps(self.proxy_info))
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ class HTTPProxyTestContext(abc.ABC):
 
     def http_server(self, server_class, *args, **kwargs):
         server = proxy_server(server_class, self.REQUEST_HANDLER_CLASS, *args, **kwargs)
-        time.sleep(1)  # ensure server is up
+        time.sleep(1)
         return server
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
diff --git a/yt_dlp/networking/_websockets.py b/yt_dlp/networking/_websockets.py
index 46b2cbd9f..b2918af77 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/networking/_websockets.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/networking/_websockets.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def _send(self, request):
                 open_timeout=timeout,
                 user_agent_header=None,
                 ssl_context=ssl_context,
-                close_timeout=0,  # not ideal, but prevents yt-dlp hanging
+                close_timeout=0.1,  # not ideal, but prevents yt-dlp hanging
             )
             return WebsocketsResponseAdapter(conn, url=request.url)