diff --git a/matter_server/server/vendor_info.py b/matter_server/server/vendor_info.py
index a966039d..51898172 100644
--- a/matter_server/server/vendor_info.py
+++ b/matter_server/server/vendor_info.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import logging
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-from aiohttp import ClientError, ClientSession
+from aiohttp import ClientError, ClientSession, ClientTimeout
 
 from ..common.helpers.api import api_command
 from ..common.helpers.util import dataclass_from_dict, dataclass_to_dict
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 PRODUCTION_URL = "https://on.dcl.csa-iot.org"
 DATA_KEY_VENDOR_INFO = "vendor_info"
+DCL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = ClientTimeout(total=30)
 
 
 TEST_VENDOR = VendorInfoModel(
@@ -71,7 +72,9 @@ async def _fetch_vendors(self) -> None:
         LOGGER.info("Fetching the latest vendor info from DCL.")
         vendors: dict[int, VendorInfoModel] = {}
         try:
-            async with ClientSession(raise_for_status=True) as session:
+            async with ClientSession(
+                raise_for_status=True, timeout=DCL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT
+            ) as session:
                 page_token: str | None = ""
                 while page_token is not None:
                     async with session.get(
@@ -93,8 +96,10 @@ async def _fetch_vendors(self) -> None:
                                 creator=vendorinfo["creator"],
                             )
                     page_token = data.get("pagination", {}).get("next_key", None)
-        except ClientError as err:
-            LOGGER.error("Unable to fetch vendor info from DCL: %s", err)
+        except (ClientError, TimeoutError) as err:
+            LOGGER.warning(
+                "Unable to fetch vendor info from DCL: %s", err, exc_info=err
+            )
         else:
             LOGGER.info("Fetched %s vendors from DCL.", len(vendors))
 
diff --git a/tests/server/test_vendor_info.py b/tests/server/test_vendor_info.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4d56917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/server/test_vendor_info.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+"""Test vendor info handling."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any, Self
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+from matter_server.server.vendor_info import (
+    DATA_KEY_VENDOR_INFO,
+    DCL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
+    NABUCASA_VENDOR,
+    TEST_VENDOR,
+    VendorInfo,
+)
+
+
+class _TimeoutResponse:
+    """Response context manager that times out when JSON is read."""
+
+    async def __aenter__(self) -> Self:
+        """Enter the response context."""
+        return self
+
+    async def __aexit__(self, *args: Any) -> None:
+        """Exit the response context."""
+
+    async def json(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """Raise a timeout to simulate a stalled DCL response."""
+        raise TimeoutError
+
+
+class _FakeClientSession:
+    """Client session context manager that records initialization kwargs."""
+
+    def __init__(self, call_kwargs: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
+        """Initialize the fake session."""
+        self.call_kwargs = call_kwargs
+
+    async def __aenter__(self) -> Self:
+        """Enter the session context."""
+        return self
+
+    async def __aexit__(self, *args: Any) -> None:
+        """Exit the session context."""
+
+    def get(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> _TimeoutResponse:
+        """Return a response that times out."""
+        return _TimeoutResponse()
+
+
+async def test_vendor_info_start_handles_dcl_timeout() -> None:
+    """Test vendor info startup continues when the DCL request times out."""
+    server = MagicMock()
+    server.storage.get.return_value = {}
+    vendor_info = VendorInfo(server)
+    client_session_kwargs: dict[str, Any] = {}
+
+    def _client_session(**kwargs: Any) -> _FakeClientSession:
+        client_session_kwargs.update(kwargs)
+        return _FakeClientSession(kwargs)
+
+    with patch("matter_server.server.vendor_info.ClientSession", _client_session):
+        await vendor_info.start()
+
+    assert client_session_kwargs == {
+        "raise_for_status": True,
+        "timeout": DCL_REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
+    }
+    server.storage.set.assert_called_once()
+    storage_key, vendor_data = server.storage.set.call_args.args
+    assert storage_key == DATA_KEY_VENDOR_INFO
+    assert TEST_VENDOR.vendor_id in vendor_data
+    assert NABUCASA_VENDOR.vendor_id in vendor_data