diff --git a/src/web/components/sessionTimer/SessionTimer.jsx b/src/web/components/sessionTimer/SessionTimer.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6af1f28fb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/web/components/sessionTimer/SessionTimer.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import {useEffect, useState} from 'react';
+
+import useUserSessionTimeout from 'web/utils/useUserSessionTimeout';
+import date from 'gmp/models/date';
+import {RefreshCcw} from 'lucide-react';
+import Divider from 'web/components/layout/divider';
+import {ActionIcon} from '@mantine/core';
+import useTranslation from 'web/hooks/useTranslation';
+
+const SessionTimer = () => {
+  const [sessionTimeout, renewSession] = useUserSessionTimeout();
+  const [timeLeft, setTimeLeft] = useState('');
+  const [_] = useTranslation();
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const updateTimeLeft = () => {
+      if (!sessionTimeout) {
+        return <div>Session timer is currently unavailable.</div>;
+      }
+      const now = date();
+      const duration = date.duration(sessionTimeout.diff(now));
+      if (duration.asSeconds() <= 0) {
+        setTimeLeft('00:00');
+      } else {
+        const formatted =
+          Math.floor(duration.asMinutes()) +
+          ':' +
+          ('0' + duration.seconds()).slice(-2);
+        setTimeLeft(formatted);
+      }
+    };
+
+    updateTimeLeft();
+    const intervalId = setInterval(updateTimeLeft, 1000);
+
+    return () => clearInterval(intervalId);
+  }, [sessionTimeout]);
+
+  return (
+    <Divider>
+      <span>{timeLeft}</span>
+      <ActionIcon
+        onClick={renewSession}
+        variant="transparent"
+        color="neutral.0"
+        title={_('Renew session timeout')}
+      >
+        <RefreshCcw size={16} />
+      </ActionIcon>
+    </Divider>
+  );
+};
+
+export default SessionTimer;
diff --git a/src/web/components/structure/header.jsx b/src/web/components/structure/header.jsx
index 8f8de43026..c56f272874 100644
--- a/src/web/components/structure/header.jsx
+++ b/src/web/components/structure/header.jsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
  * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
-import React, {useCallback} from 'react';
+import {useCallback} from 'react';
 
 import {useHistory} from 'react-router-dom';
 
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import useGmp from 'web/utils/useGmp';
 import LogoutIcon from 'web/components/icon/logouticon';
 import MySettingsIcon from 'web/components/icon/mysettingsicon';
 import LanguageSwitch from './languageswitch';
+import SessionTimer from '../sessionTimer/SessionTimer';
 
 const Header = () => {
   const gmp = useGmp();
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ const Header = () => {
       languageSwitch={<LanguageSwitch />}
       menuPoints={menuPoints}
       isLoggedIn={loggedIn}
+      sessionTimer={<SessionTimer />}
       username={username}
       logoLink="/"
     />
diff --git a/src/web/utils/__tests__/useUserSessionTimeout.jsx b/src/web/utils/__tests__/useUserSessionTimeout.jsx
index 9689be606f..34214a7fe9 100644
--- a/src/web/utils/__tests__/useUserSessionTimeout.jsx
+++ b/src/web/utils/__tests__/useUserSessionTimeout.jsx
@@ -22,16 +22,19 @@ import date from 'gmp/models/date';
 
 import {setSessionTimeout as setSessionTimeoutAction} from 'web/store/usersettings/actions';
 
-import {rendererWith, fireEvent} from '../testing';
+import {rendererWith} from '../testing';
 
 import useUserSessionTimeout from '../useUserSessionTimeout';
 
 const TestUserSessionTimeout = () => {
   const [sessionTimeout, setSessionTimeout] = useUserSessionTimeout();
   return (
-    <span onClick={() => setSessionTimeout(date('2020-03-10'))}>
+    <button
+      onClick={() => setSessionTimeout(date('2020-03-10'))}
+      onKeyDown={() => {}}
+    >
       {dateFormat(sessionTimeout, 'DD-MM-YY')}
-    </span>
+    </button>
   );
 };
 
@@ -47,20 +50,4 @@ describe('useUserSessionTimeout tests', () => {
 
     expect(element).toHaveTextContent(/^10-10-19$/);
   });
-
-  test('should allow to set the users session timeout', () => {
-    const {render, store} = rendererWith({store: true});
-
-    const timeout = date('2019-10-10');
-
-    store.dispatch(setSessionTimeoutAction(timeout));
-
-    const {element} = render(<TestUserSessionTimeout />);
-
-    expect(element).toHaveTextContent(/^10-10-19$/);
-
-    fireEvent.click(element);
-
-    expect(element).toHaveTextContent(/^10-03-20$/);
-  });
 });
diff --git a/src/web/utils/useUserSessionTimeout.jsx b/src/web/utils/useUserSessionTimeout.jsx
index 761600e4a1..317fe4c063 100644
--- a/src/web/utils/useUserSessionTimeout.jsx
+++ b/src/web/utils/useUserSessionTimeout.jsx
@@ -19,13 +19,29 @@ import {useSelector, useDispatch} from 'react-redux';
 
 import {getSessionTimeout} from 'web/store/usersettings/selectors';
 import {setSessionTimeout} from 'web/store/usersettings/actions';
+import useGmp from 'web/utils/useGmp';
+
+/**
+ * Custom hook to manage user session timeout.
+ *
+ * This hook provides the current session timeout, represented as a moment object, and a function to renew the session timeout through an API call.
+ * The `renewSessionAndUpdateTimeout` function makes an API call to renew the session and updates the session timeout based on the response, also represented as a moment object.
+ * This function does not require any parameters and will update the session timeout to the new value obtained from the API response.
+ *
+ * @returns {Array} An array containing the current `sessionTimeout` as a moment object and the `renewSessionAndUpdateTimeout` function.
+ */
 
 const useUserSessionTimeout = () => {
+  const gmp = useGmp();
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
-  return [
-    useSelector(getSessionTimeout),
-    timeout => dispatch(setSessionTimeout(timeout)),
-  ];
+  const sessionTimeout = useSelector(getSessionTimeout);
+
+  const renewSessionAndUpdateTimeout = async () => {
+    const response = await gmp.user.renewSession();
+    dispatch(setSessionTimeout(response.data));
+  };
+
+  return [sessionTimeout, renewSessionAndUpdateTimeout];
 };
 
 export default useUserSessionTimeout;