diff --git a/src/Queue/Broker/AMQP.php b/src/Queue/Broker/AMQP.php
index 0f78354..6bf1c6c 100644
--- a/src/Queue/Broker/AMQP.php
+++ b/src/Queue/Broker/AMQP.php
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ public function __construct(
         private readonly ?string $password = null,
         private readonly string $vhost = '/',
         private readonly int $heartbeat = 0,
+        private readonly float $connectTimeout = 3.0,
+        private readonly float $readWriteTimeout = 3.0,
     ) {
     }
 
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ public function consume(Queue $queue, callable $messageCallback, callable $succe
                 $amqpMessage->nack(requeue: true);
                 $errorCallback($message ?? null, $e);
             } catch (\Throwable $th) {
-                $amqpMessage->nack(requeue: false);
+                $amqpMessage->nack();
                 $errorCallback($message ?? null, $th);
             }
         };
@@ -129,9 +131,7 @@ public function consume(Queue $queue, callable $messageCallback, callable $succe
 
     public function close(): void
     {
-        if ($this->channel) {
-            $this->channel->getConnection()?->close();
-        }
+        $this->channel?->getConnection()?->close();
     }
 
     public function enqueue(Queue $queue, array $payload): bool
@@ -184,7 +184,16 @@ public function getQueueSize(Queue $queue, bool $failedJobs = false): int
     private function withChannel(callable $callback): void
     {
         $createChannel = function (): AMQPChannel {
-            $connection = new AMQPStreamConnection($this->host, $this->port, $this->user, $this->password, $this->vhost, heartbeat: $this->heartbeat);
+            $connection = new AMQPStreamConnection(
+                $this->host,
+                $this->port,
+                $this->user,
+                $this->password,
+                $this->vhost,
+                connection_timeout: $this->connectTimeout,
+                read_write_timeout: $this->readWriteTimeout,
+                heartbeat: $this->heartbeat,
+            );
             if (is_callable($this->connectionConfigHook)) {
                 call_user_func($this->connectionConfigHook, $connection);
             }
@@ -201,7 +210,7 @@ private function withChannel(callable $callback): void
 
         try {
             $callback($this->channel);
-        } catch (\Throwable $th) {
+        } catch (\Throwable) {
             // createChannel() might throw, in that case set the channel to `null` first.
             $this->channel = null;
             // try creating a new connection once, if this still fails, throw the error