diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 78a36b82..5ce02f99 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export {
   UserUpdate,
   UserUpdatePassword,
 } from './users/types';
-export { testAxiosObject } from './utils/axiosSetup';
+export { testAxiosObject, cancelAllRequests } from './utils/axiosSetup';
 export { Pages } from './utils/pages/pages';
 export { DeltaSyncParams } from './utils/params/deltaSyncParams';
 export { RequestParams, RequestParamsBuilder } from './utils/params/requestParams';
diff --git a/src/utils/axiosSetup.test.ts b/src/utils/axiosSetup.test.ts
index 8648679c..0f69e60b 100644
--- a/src/utils/axiosSetup.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/axiosSetup.test.ts
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ describe('axiosSetup', () => {
       mock.onGet(readPath).timeout();
       await api.tasks.read();
     } catch (error) {
-      expect(error).toMatchObject({ message: 'timeout of 30000ms exceeded' });
+      expect(error).toMatchObject({ message: 'canceled' });
     }
 
     expect.assertions(1);
diff --git a/src/utils/axiosSetup.ts b/src/utils/axiosSetup.ts
index d320d8e9..be338ef1 100644
--- a/src/utils/axiosSetup.ts
+++ b/src/utils/axiosSetup.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,15 @@ export type InterceptorParams = {
   authentication: AuthenticationEndpoint;
 };
 
+const abortController = new AbortController();
+
+export const cancelAllRequests = () => {
+  abortController.abort();
+};
+
 const requestInterceptor = (config: AxiosRequestConfig): InternalAxiosRequestConfig<unknown> => {
   // axios.defaults do not automatically apply here, so set timeout manually
+  config.signal = abortController.signal;
   config.timeout = axios.defaults.timeout;
   config.headers = config.headers ?? {};
   return config as InternalAxiosRequestConfig<unknown>;
@@ -82,6 +89,7 @@ export const createResponseRejectedInterceptor = (interceptorParams: Interceptor
         const status = error.response?.status;
         if (status === 497 || status === 404 || status === 503 || status === 400) {
           if (interceptorParams.config.settings.onTokenRefreshFailed != null) {
+            cancelAllRequests();
             interceptorParams.config.settings.onTokenRefreshFailed();
           }
         }