diff --git a/homeassistant/components/brother/config_flow.py b/homeassistant/components/brother/config_flow.py
index 55d47bb0c2c..3c60ccba5f0 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/brother/config_flow.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/brother/config_flow.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class BrotherConfigFlow(config_entries.ConfigFlow, domain=DOMAIN):
                 return self.async_create_entry(title=title, data=user_input)
             except InvalidHost:
                 errors[CONF_HOST] = "wrong_host"
-            except ConnectionError:
+            except (ConnectionError, TimeoutError):
                 errors["base"] = "cannot_connect"
             except SnmpError:
                 errors["base"] = "snmp_error"
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class BrotherConfigFlow(config_entries.ConfigFlow, domain=DOMAIN):
             await self.brother.async_update()
         except UnsupportedModelError:
             return self.async_abort(reason="unsupported_model")
-        except (ConnectionError, SnmpError):
+        except (ConnectionError, SnmpError, TimeoutError):
             return self.async_abort(reason="cannot_connect")
 
         # Check if already configured
diff --git a/tests/components/brother/test_config_flow.py b/tests/components/brother/test_config_flow.py
index f83f882b8a0..3d83ecfcb7c 100644
--- a/tests/components/brother/test_config_flow.py
+++ b/tests/components/brother/test_config_flow.py
@@ -93,10 +93,11 @@ async def test_invalid_hostname(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
     assert result["errors"] == {CONF_HOST: "wrong_host"}
 
 
-async def test_connection_error(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("exc", [ConnectionError, TimeoutError])
+async def test_connection_error(hass: HomeAssistant, exc: Exception) -> None:
     """Test connection to host error."""
     with patch("brother.Brother.initialize"), patch(
-        "brother.Brother._get_data", side_effect=ConnectionError()
+        "brother.Brother._get_data", side_effect=exc
     ):
         result = await hass.config_entries.flow.async_init(
             DOMAIN, context={"source": SOURCE_USER}, data=CONFIG
@@ -147,10 +148,11 @@ async def test_device_exists_abort(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
         assert result["reason"] == "already_configured"
 
 
-async def test_zeroconf_snmp_error(hass: HomeAssistant) -> None:
-    """Test we abort zeroconf flow on SNMP error."""
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("exc", [ConnectionError, TimeoutError, SnmpError("error")])
+async def test_zeroconf_exception(hass: HomeAssistant, exc: Exception) -> None:
+    """Test we abort zeroconf flow on exception."""
     with patch("brother.Brother.initialize"), patch(
-        "brother.Brother._get_data", side_effect=SnmpError("error")
+        "brother.Brother._get_data", side_effect=exc
     ):
         result = await hass.config_entries.flow.async_init(
             DOMAIN,