diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/add.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/add.go
index 0b8dc292..019feb0e 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/add.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/add.go
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ func add(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	meta, err := parseMeta(cmd)
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "meta data parsing: %w", err)
 
-	ctx := cmd.Context()
+	ctx, cancel := contextWithTimeout(cmd)
+	defer cancel()
 
-	cli, err := _client(ctx)
+	cli, err := _client()
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "failed to create client: %w", err)
 
 	rawCID := make([]byte, sha256.Size)
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/add_by_path.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/add_by_path.go
index ea815dbf..5d5b00b7 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/add_by_path.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/add_by_path.go
@@ -50,9 +50,10 @@ func addByPath(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "decode container ID string: %w", err)
 
 	tid, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(treeIDFlagKey)
-	ctx := cmd.Context()
+	ctx, cancel := contextWithTimeout(cmd)
+	defer cancel()
 
-	cli, err := _client(ctx)
+	cli, err := _client()
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "failed to create client: %w", err)
 
 	rawCID := make([]byte, sha256.Size)
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/client.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/client.go
index 4f4f5465..4e0099f0 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/client.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/client.go
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ package tree
 import (
 	"context"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
+	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/common"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/cmd/frostfs-cli/internal/commonflags"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/network"
 	"git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-node/pkg/services/tree"
 	metrics "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-observability/metrics/grpc"
 	tracing "git.frostfs.info/TrueCloudLab/frostfs-observability/tracing/grpc"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/insecure"
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ import (
 
 // _client returns grpc Tree service client. Should be removed
 // after making Tree API public.
-func _client(ctx context.Context) (tree.TreeServiceClient, error) {
+func _client() (tree.TreeServiceClient, error) {
 	var netAddr network.Address
 	err := netAddr.FromString(viper.GetString(commonflags.RPC))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ func _client(ctx context.Context) (tree.TreeServiceClient, error) {
 	}
 
 	opts := []grpc.DialOption{
-		grpc.WithBlock(),
 		grpc.WithChainUnaryInterceptor(
 			metrics.NewUnaryClientInterceptor(),
 			tracing.NewUnaryClientInteceptor(),
@@ -40,12 +40,14 @@ func _client(ctx context.Context) (tree.TreeServiceClient, error) {
 		opts = append(opts, grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()))
 	}
 
-	// a default connection establishing timeout
-	const defaultClientConnectTimeout = time.Second * 2
-
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, defaultClientConnectTimeout)
-	cc, err := grpc.DialContext(ctx, netAddr.URIAddr(), opts...)
-	cancel()
-
+	cc, err := grpc.NewClient(netAddr.URIAddr(), opts...)
 	return tree.NewTreeServiceClient(cc), err
 }
+
+func contextWithTimeout(cmd *cobra.Command) (context.Context, context.CancelFunc) {
+	if timeout := viper.GetDuration(commonflags.Timeout); timeout > 0 {
+		common.PrintVerbose(cmd, "Set request timeout to %s.", timeout)
+		return context.WithTimeout(cmd.Context(), timeout)
+	}
+	return context.WithTimeout(cmd.Context(), commonflags.TimeoutDefault)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/get_by_path.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/get_by_path.go
index f239066c..7061723f 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/get_by_path.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/get_by_path.go
@@ -50,9 +50,10 @@ func getByPath(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "decode container ID string: %w", err)
 
 	tid, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(treeIDFlagKey)
-	ctx := cmd.Context()
+	ctx, cancel := contextWithTimeout(cmd)
+	defer cancel()
 
-	cli, err := _client(ctx)
+	cli, err := _client()
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "failed to create client: %w", err)
 
 	rawCID := make([]byte, sha256.Size)
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/get_op_log.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/get_op_log.go
index b1b307f6..376aa8e8 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/get_op_log.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/get_op_log.go
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ func getOpLog(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "decode container ID string: %w", err)
 
 	tid, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(treeIDFlagKey)
-	ctx := cmd.Context()
+	ctx, cancel := contextWithTimeout(cmd)
+	defer cancel()
 
-	cli, err := _client(ctx)
+	cli, err := _client()
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "failed to create client: %w", err)
 
 	rawCID := make([]byte, sha256.Size)
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/healthcheck.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/healthcheck.go
index f0506467..b01bb2e7 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/healthcheck.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/healthcheck.go
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ func initHealthcheckCmd() {
 
 func healthcheck(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	pk := key.GetOrGenerate(cmd)
-	ctx := cmd.Context()
+	ctx, cancel := contextWithTimeout(cmd)
+	defer cancel()
 
-	cli, err := _client(ctx)
+	cli, err := _client()
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "failed to create client: %w", err)
 
 	req := &tree.HealthcheckRequest{
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/list.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/list.go
index a25d066d..f8c0e490 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/list.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/list.go
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ func list(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	err := cnr.DecodeString(cidString)
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "decode container ID string: %w", err)
 
-	ctx := cmd.Context()
+	ctx, cancel := contextWithTimeout(cmd)
+	defer cancel()
 
-	cli, err := _client(ctx)
+	cli, err := _client()
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "failed to create client: %w", err)
 
 	rawCID := make([]byte, sha256.Size)
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/move.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/move.go
index 24abbd65..dc807d75 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/move.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/move.go
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ func move(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	err := cnr.DecodeString(cidString)
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "decode container ID string: %w", err)
 
-	ctx := cmd.Context()
+	ctx, cancel := contextWithTimeout(cmd)
+	defer cancel()
 
-	cli, err := _client(ctx)
+	cli, err := _client()
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "failed to create client: %w", err)
 
 	rawCID := make([]byte, sha256.Size)
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/remove.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/remove.go
index 74e9d974..d0b6fab2 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/remove.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/remove.go
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ func remove(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	err := cnr.DecodeString(cidString)
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "decode container ID string: %w", err)
 
-	ctx := cmd.Context()
+	ctx, cancel := contextWithTimeout(cmd)
+	defer cancel()
 
-	cli, err := _client(ctx)
+	cli, err := _client()
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "failed to create client: %w", err)
 
 	rawCID := make([]byte, sha256.Size)
diff --git a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/subtree.go b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/subtree.go
index e88ef79c..83a8909b 100644
--- a/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/subtree.go
+++ b/cmd/frostfs-cli/modules/tree/subtree.go
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ func getSubTree(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
 	err := cnr.DecodeString(cidString)
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "decode container ID string: %w", err)
 
-	ctx := cmd.Context()
+	ctx, cancel := contextWithTimeout(cmd)
+	defer cancel()
 
-	cli, err := _client(ctx)
+	cli, err := _client()
 	commonCmd.ExitOnErr(cmd, "failed to create client: %w", err)
 
 	rawCID := make([]byte, sha256.Size)