diff --git a/client/v3/concurrency/session.go b/client/v3/concurrency/session.go
index 2275e96c972c..1a5775d9fa5b 100644
--- a/client/v3/concurrency/session.go
+++ b/client/v3/concurrency/session.go
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ import (
 	v3 "go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3"
 )
 
-const defaultSessionTTL = 60
+const (
+	defaultSessionTTL = 60
+	defaultLeaseTimeout = 5 * time.Second
+)
 
 // Session represents a lease kept alive for the lifetime of a client.
 // Fault-tolerant applications may use sessions to reason about liveness.
@@ -47,7 +50,9 @@ func NewSession(client *v3.Client, opts ...SessionOption) (*Session, error) {
 
 	id := ops.leaseID
 	if id == v3.NoLease {
-		resp, err := client.Grant(ops.ctx, int64(ops.ttl))
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ops.ctx, defaultLeaseTimeout)
+		defer cancel()
+		resp, err := client.Grant(ctx, int64(ops.ttl))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/tests/integration/clientv3/concurrency/session_test.go b/tests/integration/clientv3/concurrency/session_test.go
index 646044726a28..aae7dfca3837 100644
--- a/tests/integration/clientv3/concurrency/session_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/clientv3/concurrency/session_test.go
@@ -95,3 +95,96 @@ func TestSessionCtx(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	assert.Equal(t, childCtx.Err(), context.Canceled)
 }
+
+// TestNewSessionLeaseGrantTimeout tests that NewSession respects timeout when creating a lease
+func TestNewSessionLeaseGrantTimeout(t *testing.T) {
+	integration.BeforeTest(t)
+
+	clus := integration.NewCluster(t, &integration.ClusterConfig{Size: 1})
+	defer clus.Terminate(t)
+
+	cli := clus.RandClient()
+
+	// Test case 1: Very short timeout should fail
+	t.Run("ShortTimeoutShouldFail", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 1*time.Millisecond)
+		defer cancel()
+
+		start := time.Now()
+		session, err := concurrency.NewSession(cli, concurrency.WithContext(ctx), concurrency.WithTTL(5))
+		elapsed := time.Since(start)
+
+		if err == nil {
+			if session != nil {
+				session.Close()
+			}
+			t.Fatal("expected timeout error, but got nil")
+		}
+
+		if err != context.DeadlineExceeded {
+			t.Fatalf("expected context.DeadlineExceeded, got %v", err)
+		}
+
+		// Should fail quickly (within reasonable time)
+		if elapsed > 100*time.Millisecond {
+			t.Fatalf("timeout took too long: %v", elapsed)
+		}
+	})
+
+	// Test case 2: Adequate timeout should succeed
+	t.Run("AdequateTimeoutShouldSucceed", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
+		defer cancel()
+
+		session, err := concurrency.NewSession(cli, concurrency.WithContext(ctx), concurrency.WithTTL(5))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("expected success, got error: %v", err)
+		}
+		if session == nil {
+			t.Fatal("expected valid session, got nil")
+		}
+		defer session.Close()
+
+		// Verify session has a valid lease
+		if session.Lease() == 0 {
+			t.Fatal("session should have a valid lease ID")
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// TestNewSessionNormalOperationAfterFix tests that normal session creation still works
+func TestNewSessionNormalOperationAfterFix(t *testing.T) {
+	integration.BeforeTest(t)
+
+	clus := integration.NewCluster(t, &integration.ClusterConfig{Size: 1})
+	defer clus.Terminate(t)
+
+	cli := clus.RandClient()
+
+	// Verify normal session operations work correctly after the timeout fix
+	session, err := concurrency.NewSession(cli, concurrency.WithTTL(60))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create session: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer session.Close()
+
+	// Session should be immediately usable
+	if session.Lease() == 0 {
+		t.Fatal("session should have a valid lease")
+	}
+
+	// Keep-alive should be working
+	select {
+	case <-session.Done():
+		t.Fatal("session should not be done immediately")
+	case <-time.After(100 * time.Millisecond):
+		// Expected - session should remain alive
+	}
+
+	// Should be able to use session for mutex
+	mutex := concurrency.NewMutex(session, "test-mutex")
+	if mutex == nil {
+		t.Fatal("should be able to create mutex with session")
+	}
+}
+