diff --git a/core/local/local_test.go b/core/local/local_test.go
index 23eb2a7fed3..76eb0fe59eb 100644
--- a/core/local/local_test.go
+++ b/core/local/local_test.go
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ func TestDNSResolver(t *testing.T) {
 
 		expErr := sr(`dial tcp 127.0.0.254:HTTPBIN_PORT: connect: connection refused`)
 		if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-			expErr = "context deadline exceeded"
+			expErr = "Request timeout"
 		}
 		for name, tc := range testCases {
 			tc := tc
diff --git a/js/modules/k6/http/request_test.go b/js/modules/k6/http/request_test.go
index 954cc162a37..f09c3b14218 100644
--- a/js/modules/k6/http/request_test.go
+++ b/js/modules/k6/http/request_test.go
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ func TestRequestAndBatch(t *testing.T) {
 			`))
 			endTime := time.Now()
 			require.Error(t, err)
-			assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "context deadline exceeded")
+			assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "Request timeout")
 			assert.WithinDuration(t, startTime.Add(1*time.Second), endTime, 2*time.Second)
 
 			logEntry := hook.LastEntry()
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ func TestRequestAndBatch(t *testing.T) {
 			`))
 			endTime := time.Now()
 			require.Error(t, err)
-			assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "context deadline exceeded")
+			assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "Request timeout")
 			assert.WithinDuration(t, startTime.Add(1*time.Second), endTime, 2*time.Second)
 
 			logEntry := hook.LastEntry()
diff --git a/lib/netext/httpext/error_codes.go b/lib/netext/httpext/error_codes.go
index 7c9f2fd90bf..28915829be5 100644
--- a/lib/netext/httpext/error_codes.go
+++ b/lib/netext/httpext/error_codes.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ const (
 	// non specific
 	defaultErrorCode          errCode = 1000
 	defaultNetNonTCPErrorCode errCode = 1010
+	requestTimeoutErrorCode   errCode = 1050
 	// DNS errors
 	defaultDNSErrorCode      errCode = 1100
 	dnsNoSuchHostErrorCode   errCode = 1101
@@ -56,7 +57,6 @@ const (
 	tcpBrokenPipeErrorCode   errCode = 1201
 	netUnknownErrnoErrorCode errCode = 1202
 	tcpDialErrorCode         errCode = 1210
-	tcpDialTimeoutErrorCode  errCode = 1211
 	tcpDialRefusedErrorCode  errCode = 1212
 	tcpDialUnknownErrnoCode  errCode = 1213
 	tcpResetByPeerErrorCode  errCode = 1220
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ const (
 
 const (
 	tcpResetByPeerErrorCodeMsg  = "%s: connection reset by peer"
-	tcpDialTimeoutErrorCodeMsg  = "dial: i/o timeout"
 	tcpDialRefusedErrorCodeMsg  = "dial: connection refused"
 	tcpBrokenPipeErrorCodeMsg   = "%s: broken pipe"
 	netUnknownErrnoErrorCodeMsg = "%s: unknown errno `%d` on %s with message `%s`"
@@ -98,6 +97,7 @@ const (
 	http2ConnectionErrorCodeMsg = "http2: connection error with http2 ErrCode %s"
 	x509HostnameErrorCodeMsg    = "x509: certificate doesn't match hostname"
 	x509UnknownAuthority        = "x509: unknown authority"
+	requestTimeoutErrorCodeMsg  = "Request timeout"
 )
 
 func http2ErrCodeOffset(code http2.ErrCode) errCode {
@@ -140,10 +140,6 @@ func errorCodeForNetOpError(err *net.OpError) (errCode, string) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// err.Op is "dial"
-	if err.Timeout() {
-		return tcpDialTimeoutErrorCode, tcpDialTimeoutErrorCodeMsg
-	}
 	if iErr, ok := err.Err.(*os.SyscallError); ok {
 		if errno, ok := iErr.Err.(syscall.Errno); ok {
 			if errno == syscall.ECONNREFUSED ||
diff --git a/lib/netext/httpext/error_codes_test.go b/lib/netext/httpext/error_codes_test.go
index c1dd5e42c90..26ee2574a5d 100644
--- a/lib/netext/httpext/error_codes_test.go
+++ b/lib/netext/httpext/error_codes_test.go
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ func TestTCPErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		econnrefused      = &net.OpError{Net: "tcp", Op: "dial", Err: &os.SyscallError{Err: syscall.ECONNREFUSED}}
 		errnounknown      = &net.OpError{Net: "tcp", Op: "dial", Err: &os.SyscallError{Err: syscall.E2BIG}}
 		tcperror          = &net.OpError{Net: "tcp", Err: errors.New("tcp error")}
-		timeoutedError    = &net.OpError{Net: "tcp", Op: "dial", Err: timeoutError(true)}
 		notTimeoutedError = &net.OpError{Net: "tcp", Op: "dial", Err: timeoutError(false)}
 	)
 
@@ -141,7 +140,6 @@ func TestTCPErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		tcpDialUnknownErrnoCode:   errnounknown,
 		defaultTCPErrorCode:       tcperror,
 		tcpDialErrorCode:          notTimeoutedError,
-		tcpDialTimeoutErrorCode:   timeoutedError,
 	}
 
 	testMapOfErrorCodes(t, testTable)
diff --git a/lib/netext/httpext/transport.go b/lib/netext/httpext/transport.go
index c812bf35a8a..add7b538c6f 100644
--- a/lib/netext/httpext/transport.go
+++ b/lib/netext/httpext/transport.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package httpext
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptrace"
@@ -243,6 +244,10 @@ func (t *transport) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
 	reqWithTracer := req.WithContext(httptrace.WithClientTrace(ctx, tracer.Trace()))
 	resp, err := t.state.Transport.RoundTrip(reqWithTracer)
 
+	var netError net.Error
+	if errors.As(err, &netError) && netError.Timeout() {
+		err = NewK6Error(requestTimeoutErrorCode, requestTimeoutErrorCodeMsg, netError)
+	}
 	t.saveCurrentRequest(&unfinishedRequest{
 		ctx:      ctx,
 		tracer:   tracer,