diff --git a/scripts/ci-docker-pull-retry.sh b/scripts/ci-docker-pull-retry.sh
index 0b15071f28f9..5038a1798556 100644
--- a/scripts/ci-docker-pull-retry.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci-docker-pull-retry.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
+SCRIPT_DIR="${BASH_SOURCE[0]%/*}"
+# shellcheck source=scripts/lib/host-timeout.sh
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR/lib/host-timeout.sh"
+
 if [[ "$#" -ne 1 || -z "${1// }" ]]; then
   echo "usage: $0 <image>" >&2
   exit 2
@@ -28,14 +32,15 @@ fi
 
 last_status=1
 run_docker_pull() {
-  if ! command -v timeout >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    echo "timeout command not found; cannot bound Docker pull after ${timeout_seconds}s" >&2
+  local timeout_bin
+  if ! timeout_bin="$(openclaw_host_timeout_bin)"; then
+    echo "timeout or gtimeout command not found; cannot bound Docker pull after ${timeout_seconds}s" >&2
     return 127
   fi
-  if timeout --kill-after=1s 1s true >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    timeout --kill-after=30s "${timeout_seconds}s" docker pull "$image"
+  if "$timeout_bin" --kill-after=1s 1s true >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    "$timeout_bin" --kill-after=30s "${timeout_seconds}s" docker pull "$image"
   else
-    timeout "${timeout_seconds}s" docker pull "$image"
+    "$timeout_bin" "${timeout_seconds}s" docker pull "$image"
   fi
 }
 
diff --git a/test/scripts/ci-docker-pull-retry.test.ts b/test/scripts/ci-docker-pull-retry.test.ts
index 1a6054cbcd2c..821c846e0a9f 100644
--- a/test/scripts/ci-docker-pull-retry.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/ci-docker-pull-retry.test.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,42 @@ describe("scripts/ci-docker-pull-retry.sh", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it("fails fast when timeout is unavailable", () => {
+  it("uses gtimeout when timeout is unavailable", () => {
+    const binDir = makeTempBin("openclaw-ci-docker-pull-gtimeout-");
+    const timeoutArgsPath = path.join(binDir, "gtimeout-args.txt");
+    const dockerArgsPath = path.join(binDir, "docker-args.txt");
+
+    writeExecutable(
+      path.join(binDir, "gtimeout"),
+      [
+        "#!/bin/bash",
+        "set -euo pipefail",
+        'if [ "${1:-}" = "--kill-after=1s" ]; then exit 0; fi',
+        `printf "%s\\n" "gtimeout:$*" >${JSON.stringify(timeoutArgsPath)}`,
+        'while [ "$#" -gt 0 ] && [ "$1" != "docker" ]; do shift; done',
+        'exec "$@"',
+        "",
+      ].join("\n"),
+    );
+    writeExecutable(
+      path.join(binDir, "docker"),
+      ["#!/bin/sh", "set -eu", `printf "%s\\n" "$*" >${JSON.stringify(dockerArgsPath)}`, ""].join(
+        "\n",
+      ),
+    );
+
+    const result = runPullHelper(binDir);
+
+    expect(result.status).toBe(0);
+    expect(execFileSync("cat", [timeoutArgsPath], { encoding: "utf8" }).trim()).toBe(
+      "gtimeout:--kill-after=30s 42s docker pull registry.example/openclaw:test",
+    );
+    expect(execFileSync("cat", [dockerArgsPath], { encoding: "utf8" }).trim()).toBe(
+      "pull registry.example/openclaw:test",
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("fails fast when timeout and gtimeout are unavailable", () => {
     const binDir = makeTempBin("openclaw-ci-docker-pull-no-timeout-");
     const dockerArgsPath = path.join(binDir, "docker-args.txt");
 
@@ -130,7 +165,7 @@ describe("scripts/ci-docker-pull-retry.sh", () => {
 
     expect(result.status).toBe(127);
     expect(result.stderr).toContain(
-      "timeout command not found; cannot bound Docker pull after 42s",
+      "timeout or gtimeout command not found; cannot bound Docker pull after 42s",
     );
     expect(existsSync(dockerArgsPath)).toBe(false);
   });
diff --git a/test/scripts/package-acceptance-workflow.test.ts b/test/scripts/package-acceptance-workflow.test.ts
index a5d93343ca17..feb670e3ec18 100644
--- a/test/scripts/package-acceptance-workflow.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/package-acceptance-workflow.test.ts
@@ -676,13 +676,15 @@ describe("package artifact reuse", () => {
     expect(pullHelper).toContain(
       'retry_delay_seconds="${OPENCLAW_DOCKER_PULL_RETRY_DELAY_SECONDS:-5}"',
     );
+    expect(pullHelper).toContain('source "$SCRIPT_DIR/lib/host-timeout.sh"');
+    expect(pullHelper).toContain("openclaw_host_timeout_bin");
+    expect(pullHelper).toContain('"$timeout_bin" --kill-after=1s 1s true');
     expect(pullHelper).toContain(
-      'timeout --kill-after=30s "${timeout_seconds}s" docker pull "$image"',
+      '"$timeout_bin" --kill-after=30s "${timeout_seconds}s" docker pull "$image"',
     );
-    expect(pullHelper).toContain("timeout --kill-after=1s 1s true >/dev/null 2>&1");
-    expect(pullHelper).toContain('timeout "${timeout_seconds}s" docker pull "$image"');
+    expect(pullHelper).toContain('"$timeout_bin" "${timeout_seconds}s" docker pull "$image"');
     expect(pullHelper).toContain(
-      "timeout command not found; cannot bound Docker pull after ${timeout_seconds}s",
+      "timeout or gtimeout command not found; cannot bound Docker pull after ${timeout_seconds}s",
     );
     expect(dockerE2ePlanAction.match(/bash scripts\/ci-docker-pull-retry\.sh/g)?.length).toBe(2);
     expect(dockerE2ePlanAction).not.toContain('docker pull "${OPENCLAW_DOCKER_E2E_');