diff --git a/src/google/adk/tools/load_web_page.py b/src/google/adk/tools/load_web_page.py
index e7419c9fbf..2165640ffd 100644
--- a/src/google/adk/tools/load_web_page.py
+++ b/src/google/adk/tools/load_web_page.py
@@ -16,8 +16,13 @@
 
 """Tool for web browse."""
 
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+
 import requests
 
+# Default timeout in seconds for HTTP requests.
+_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 10
+
 
 def load_web_page(url: str) -> str:
   """Fetches the content in the url and returns the text in it.
@@ -30,8 +35,21 @@ def load_web_page(url: str) -> str:
   """
   from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 
-  # Set allow_redirects=False to prevent SSRF attacks via redirection.
-  response = requests.get(url, allow_redirects=False)
+  parsed = urlparse(url)
+  if parsed.scheme not in ('http', 'https'):
+    return (
+        f'Invalid URL scheme: {parsed.scheme}. Only http and https are allowed.'
+    )
+
+  try:
+    # Set allow_redirects=False to prevent SSRF attacks via redirection.
+    response = requests.get(
+        url, allow_redirects=False, timeout=_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
+    )
+  except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
+    return f'Request timed out while fetching url: {url}'
+  except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
+    return f'Connection error while fetching url: {url}'
 
   if response.status_code == 200:
     soup = BeautifulSoup(response.content, 'lxml')
diff --git a/tests/unittests/tools/test_load_web_page.py b/tests/unittests/tools/test_load_web_page.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2a4724b02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unittests/tools/test_load_web_page.py
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+# Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from unittest import mock
+
+from google.adk.tools.load_web_page import load_web_page
+import requests
+
+
+def _mock_beautiful_soup(text='This is a test paragraph with enough words'):
+  """Create a mock BeautifulSoup class that returns the given text."""
+  mock_soup = mock.Mock()
+  mock_soup.get_text.return_value = text
+  mock_cls = mock.Mock(return_value=mock_soup)
+  return mock_cls
+
+
+class TestLoadWebPage:
+
+  def test_invalid_scheme_file(self):
+    result = load_web_page('file:///etc/passwd')
+    assert 'Invalid URL scheme' in result
+    assert 'file' in result
+
+  def test_invalid_scheme_ftp(self):
+    result = load_web_page('ftp://example.com/file')
+    assert 'Invalid URL scheme' in result
+    assert 'ftp' in result
+
+  def test_invalid_scheme_empty(self):
+    result = load_web_page('not-a-url')
+    assert 'Invalid URL scheme' in result
+
+  @mock.patch('google.adk.tools.load_web_page.requests.get')
+  def test_timeout_returns_error_message(self, mock_get):
+    mock_get.side_effect = requests.exceptions.Timeout()
+    result = load_web_page('https://example.com')
+    assert 'timed out' in result
+
+  @mock.patch('google.adk.tools.load_web_page.requests.get')
+  def test_connection_error_returns_error_message(self, mock_get):
+    mock_get.side_effect = requests.exceptions.ConnectionError()
+    result = load_web_page('https://example.com')
+    assert 'Connection error' in result
+
+  @mock.patch('builtins.__import__')
+  @mock.patch('google.adk.tools.load_web_page.requests.get')
+  def test_successful_request(self, mock_get, mock_import):
+    mock_soup_instance = mock.Mock()
+    mock_soup_instance.get_text.return_value = (
+        'This is a test paragraph with enough words'
+    )
+    mock_bs_module = mock.Mock()
+    mock_bs_module.BeautifulSoup.return_value = mock_soup_instance
+
+    original_import = (
+        __builtins__.__import__
+        if hasattr(__builtins__, '__import__')
+        else __import__
+    )
+
+    def side_effect(name, *args, **kwargs):
+      if name == 'bs4':
+        return mock_bs_module
+      return original_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
+
+    mock_import.side_effect = side_effect
+
+    mock_response = mock.Mock()
+    mock_response.status_code = 200
+    mock_response.content = (
+        b'<html><body><p>This is a test paragraph with enough words</p>'
+        b'</body></html>'
+    )
+    mock_get.return_value = mock_response
+
+    result = load_web_page('https://example.com')
+
+    mock_get.assert_called_once_with(
+        'https://example.com', allow_redirects=False, timeout=10
+    )
+    assert 'test paragraph' in result
+
+  @mock.patch('google.adk.tools.load_web_page.requests.get')
+  def test_failed_request_non_200(self, mock_get):
+    mock_response = mock.Mock()
+    mock_response.status_code = 404
+    mock_get.return_value = mock_response
+
+    result = load_web_page('https://example.com/missing')
+    assert 'Failed to fetch url' in result
+
+  @mock.patch('google.adk.tools.load_web_page.requests.get')
+  def test_timeout_parameter_passed(self, mock_get):
+    mock_response = mock.Mock()
+    mock_response.status_code = 404
+    mock_get.return_value = mock_response
+
+    load_web_page('http://example.com')
+
+    _, kwargs = mock_get.call_args
+    assert kwargs['timeout'] == 10
+
+  @mock.patch('google.adk.tools.load_web_page.requests.get')
+  def test_allow_redirects_false(self, mock_get):
+    mock_response = mock.Mock()
+    mock_response.status_code = 404
+    mock_get.return_value = mock_response
+
+    load_web_page('https://example.com')
+
+    _, kwargs = mock_get.call_args
+    assert kwargs['allow_redirects'] is False
+
+  @mock.patch('google.adk.tools.load_web_page.requests.get')
+  def test_http_scheme_accepted(self, mock_get):
+    mock_response = mock.Mock()
+    mock_response.status_code = 404
+    mock_get.return_value = mock_response
+
+    result = load_web_page('http://example.com')
+    assert 'Invalid URL scheme' not in result
+    mock_get.assert_called_once()
+
+  @mock.patch('google.adk.tools.load_web_page.requests.get')
+  def test_https_scheme_accepted(self, mock_get):
+    mock_response = mock.Mock()
+    mock_response.status_code = 404
+    mock_get.return_value = mock_response
+
+    result = load_web_page('https://example.com')
+    assert 'Invalid URL scheme' not in result
+    mock_get.assert_called_once()