diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
index 5fbd07191..cef243bb4 100644
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Defaults.scala
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ object Defaults extends BuildCommon {
         )
         .toFile(),
       sonaBundle / aggregate :== false,
+      sonaUploadRequestTimeout :== 10.minutes,
       commands ++= Seq(Publishing.sonaRelease, Publishing.sonaUpload),
     )
 
@@ -3108,7 +3109,6 @@ object Classpaths {
       val uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString().take(8)
       s"$o:$v:$uuid"
     },
-    sonaUploadRequestTimeout := 10.minutes,
   )
 
   @nowarn("cat=deprecation")