diff --git a/packages/client/lib/client/commands-queue.ts b/packages/client/lib/client/commands-queue.ts
index 78c0a01b20..f2f2d791fe 100644
--- a/packages/client/lib/client/commands-queue.ts
+++ b/packages/client/lib/client/commands-queue.ts
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ export default class RedisCommandsQueue {
     if (this.#maxLength && this.#toWrite.length + this.#waitingForReply.length >= this.#maxLength) {
       return Promise.reject(new Error('The queue is full'));
     } else if (options?.abortSignal?.aborted) {
-      return Promise.reject(new AbortError());
+      return Promise.reject(new AbortError(options?.abortSignal?.reason));
     }
 
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ export default class RedisCommandsQueue {
           signal,
           listener: () => {
             this.#toWrite.remove(node);
-            value.reject(new AbortError());
+            value.reject(new AbortError(signal.reason));
           }
         };
         signal.addEventListener('abort', value.abort.listener, { once: true });
diff --git a/packages/client/lib/client/index.spec.ts b/packages/client/lib/client/index.spec.ts
index e9ed7cdd4c..9da00c721e 100644
--- a/packages/client/lib/client/index.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/client/lib/client/index.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { strict as assert } from 'node:assert';
 import testUtils, { GLOBAL, waitTillBeenCalled } from '../test-utils';
 import RedisClient, { RedisClientOptions, RedisClientType } from '.';
-import { AbortError, ClientClosedError, ClientOfflineError, ConnectionTimeoutError, CommandTimeoutError, DisconnectsClientError, ErrorReply, MultiErrorReply, SocketClosedUnexpectedlyError, WatchError } from '../errors';
+import { AbortError, ClientClosedError, ClientOfflineError, ConnectionTimeoutError, DisconnectsClientError, ErrorReply, MultiErrorReply, WatchError } from '../errors';
 import { defineScript } from '../lua-script';
 import { spy } from 'sinon';
 import { once } from 'node:events';
@@ -264,16 +264,21 @@ describe('Client', () => {
         );
       }, GLOBAL.SERVERS.OPEN);
 
-      testUtils.testWithClient('AbortError with timeout', client => {
-        const controller = new AbortController();
-        controller.abort();
+      testUtils.testWithClient('rejects with AbortError - respects given abortSignal', client => {
 
-        return assert.rejects(
-          client.sendCommand(['PING'], {
-            abortSignal: controller.signal
-          }),
+        const promise = client.sendCommand(['PING'], {
+          abortSignal: AbortSignal.abort("my reason")
+        })
+
+        assert.rejects(
+          promise,
           AbortError
         );
+
+        promise.catch((error: unknown) => {
+          assert.ok((error as string).includes("my reason"));
+        });
+
       }, {
         ...GLOBAL.SERVERS.OPEN,
         clientOptions: {
@@ -282,19 +287,20 @@ describe('Client', () => {
       });
     });
 
-  testUtils.testWithClient('CommandTimeoutError', async client => {
-    const promise = assert.rejects(client.sendCommand(['PING']), AbortError);
+
+  testUtils.testWithClient('rejects with AbortError on commandTimeout timer', async client => {
     const start = process.hrtime.bigint();
+    const promise = client.ping();
 
-    while (process.hrtime.bigint() - start < 50_000_000) {
-      // block the event loop for 50ms, to make sure the connection will timeout
-    }
+    while (process.hrtime.bigint() - start < 10_000_000) {
+      // block the event loop for 10ms, to make sure the connection will timeout
+    };
 
-    await promise;
+    assert.rejects(promise, AbortError);
   }, {
     ...GLOBAL.SERVERS.OPEN,
     clientOptions: {
-      commandTimeout: 50,
+      commandTimeout: 10,
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/client/lib/client/index.ts b/packages/client/lib/client/index.ts
index 5ecdeeb76c..0863d01c92 100644
--- a/packages/client/lib/client/index.ts
+++ b/packages/client/lib/client/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { BasicAuth, CredentialsError, CredentialsProvider, StreamingCredentialsP
 import RedisCommandsQueue, { CommandOptions } from './commands-queue';
 import { EventEmitter } from 'node:events';
 import { attachConfig, functionArgumentsPrefix, getTransformReply, scriptArgumentsPrefix } from '../commander';
-import { ClientClosedError, ClientOfflineError, AbortError, DisconnectsClientError, WatchError } from '../errors';
+import { ClientClosedError, ClientOfflineError, DisconnectsClientError, WatchError } from '../errors';
 import { URL } from 'node:url';
 import { TcpSocketConnectOpts } from 'node:net';
 import { PUBSUB_TYPE, PubSubType, PubSubListener, PubSubTypeListeners, ChannelListeners } from './pub-sub';
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ export default class RedisClient<
   async #handshake(chainId: symbol, asap: boolean) {
     const promises = [];
     const commandsWithErrorHandlers = await this.#getHandshakeCommands();
-    
+
     if (asap) commandsWithErrorHandlers.reverse()
 
     for (const { cmd, errorHandler } of commandsWithErrorHandlers) {
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ export default class RedisClient<
           // since they could be connected to an older version that doesn't support them.
         }
       });
-      
+
       commands.push({
         cmd: [
           'CLIENT',
@@ -893,15 +893,13 @@ export default class RedisClient<
       return Promise.reject(new ClientOfflineError());
     }
 
-    let controller: AbortController;
     if (this._self.#options?.commandTimeout) {
-      controller = new AbortController()
-      let abortSignal = controller.signal;
+      let abortSignal = AbortSignal.timeout(this._self.#options?.commandTimeout);
       if (options?.abortSignal) {
         abortSignal = AbortSignal.any([
           abortSignal,
-	  options.abortSignal
-	]);
+       	  options.abortSignal
+       	]);
       }
       options = {
         ...options,
@@ -911,23 +909,7 @@ export default class RedisClient<
     const promise = this._self.#queue.addCommand<T>(args, options);
 
     this._self.#scheduleWrite();
-    if (!this._self.#options?.commandTimeout) {
-      return promise;
-    }
-
-    return new Promise<T>((resolve, reject) => {
-      const timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
-        controller.abort();
-        reject(new AbortError());
-      }, this._self.#options?.commandTimeout)
-      promise.then(result => {
-        clearInterval(timeoutId);
-        resolve(result)
-      }).catch(error => {
-        clearInterval(timeoutId);
-        reject(error)
-      });
-    })
+    return promise;
   }
 
   async SELECT(db: number): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/packages/client/lib/errors.ts b/packages/client/lib/errors.ts
index db37ec1a9b..eeed0e3bb3 100644
--- a/packages/client/lib/errors.ts
+++ b/packages/client/lib/errors.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export class AbortError extends Error {
-  constructor() {
-    super('The command was aborted');
+  constructor(message = '') {
+    super(`The command was aborted: ${message}`);
   }
 }