diff --git a/lib/adapters/fetch.js b/lib/adapters/fetch.js
index bc79778d..df47fd71 100644
--- a/lib/adapters/fetch.js
+++ b/lib/adapters/fetch.js
@@ -409,6 +409,17 @@ const factory = (env) => {
     } catch (err) {
       unsubscribe && unsubscribe();
 
+      // Safari can surface fetch aborts as a DOMException-like object whose
+      // branded getters throw. Prefer our composed signal reason before reading
+      // the caught error, preserving timeout vs cancellation semantics.
+      if (composedSignal && composedSignal.aborted && composedSignal.reason instanceof AxiosError) {
+        const canceledError = composedSignal.reason;
+        canceledError.config = config;
+        request && (canceledError.request = request);
+        err !== canceledError && (canceledError.cause = err);
+        throw canceledError;
+      }
+
       if (err && err.name === 'TypeError' && /Load failed|fetch/i.test(err.message)) {
         throw Object.assign(
           new AxiosError(
diff --git a/tests/smoke/bun/tests/timeout.smoke.test.ts b/tests/smoke/bun/tests/timeout.smoke.test.ts
index c6d2c989..8405ee16 100644
--- a/tests/smoke/bun/tests/timeout.smoke.test.ts
+++ b/tests/smoke/bun/tests/timeout.smoke.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const createAbortedError = () => {
 };
 
 describe('timeout', () => {
-  test('timeout: 50 with never-resolving fetch mock rejects with ECONNABORTED', async () => {
+  test('timeout: 50 with never-resolving fetch mock rejects with ETIMEDOUT', async () => {
     const fetch = (input: unknown, init?: RequestInit) =>
       new Promise<Response>((_resolve, reject) => {
         const signal = init?.signal || (input instanceof Request ? input.signal : undefined);
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ describe('timeout', () => {
       .catch((e: any) => e);
 
     expect(axios.isAxiosError(err)).toBe(true);
-    expect(err.code).toBe('ECONNABORTED');
+    expect(err.code).toBe('ETIMEDOUT');
   });
 });
diff --git a/tests/unit/adapters/fetch.test.js b/tests/unit/adapters/fetch.test.js
index e8e25fa7..a9e51cad 100644
--- a/tests/unit/adapters/fetch.test.js
+++ b/tests/unit/adapters/fetch.test.js
@@ -26,6 +26,29 @@ const fetchAxios = axios.create({
   adapter: 'fetch',
 });
 
+const getFetchSignal = (input, init) => (init && init.signal) || (input && input.signal);
+
+const createBrokenDOMExceptionLikeError = () =>
+  Object.defineProperties(
+    {},
+    {
+      name: {
+        get() {
+          throw new TypeError(
+            'The DOMException.name getter can only be used on instances of DOMException'
+          );
+        },
+      },
+      message: {
+        get() {
+          throw new TypeError(
+            'The DOMException.message getter can only be used on instances of DOMException'
+          );
+        },
+      },
+    }
+  );
+
 describe.runIf(typeof fetch === 'function')('supports fetch with nodejs', () => {
   it('should sanitize request headers containing CRLF characters', async () => {
     const server = await startHTTPServer(
@@ -470,7 +493,7 @@ describe.runIf(typeof fetch === 'function')('supports fetch with nodejs', () =>
         await setTimeoutAsync(1000);
         res.end('OK');
       },
-      { port: SERVER_PORT }
+      { port: 0 }
     );
 
     try {
@@ -492,6 +515,100 @@ describe.runIf(typeof fetch === 'function')('supports fetch with nodejs', () =>
     }
   });
 
+  describe('fetch adapter - timeout normalization', () => {
+    it('should reject with an AxiosError(ETIMEDOUT) on timeout', async () => {
+      const server = await startHTTPServer(
+        async (req, res) => {
+          await setTimeoutAsync(1000);
+          res.end('OK');
+        },
+        { port: 0 }
+      );
+
+      try {
+        await assert.rejects(
+          () =>
+            fetchAxios(`http://localhost:${server.address().port}/`, {
+              timeout: 200,
+            }),
+          (err) => {
+            assert.strictEqual(err.name, 'AxiosError');
+            assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ETIMEDOUT');
+            assert.match(err.message, /timeout of 200ms exceeded/);
+            return true;
+          }
+        );
+      } finally {
+        await stopHTTPServer(server);
+      }
+    });
+
+    it('should not classify a user-initiated abort as a timeout', async () => {
+      const safariFetch = (url, init) => {
+        const signal = getFetchSignal(url, init);
+
+        return new Promise((_resolve, reject) => {
+          const onAbort = () => {
+            signal.removeEventListener('abort', onAbort);
+            reject(createBrokenDOMExceptionLikeError());
+          };
+
+          if (signal.aborted) return onAbort();
+          signal.addEventListener('abort', onAbort);
+        });
+      };
+
+      const controller = new AbortController();
+
+      const request = fetchAxios.get('/', {
+        signal: controller.signal,
+        env: { fetch: safariFetch },
+      });
+
+      controller.abort();
+
+      await assert.rejects(
+        () => request,
+        (err) => {
+          assert.strictEqual(err.name, 'CanceledError');
+          assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ERR_CANCELED');
+          assert.strictEqual(axios.isCancel(err), true);
+          return true;
+        }
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should surface ETIMEDOUT when fetch rejects with a broken DOMException on abort (Safari)', async () => {
+      const safariFetch = (url, init) => {
+        const signal = getFetchSignal(url, init);
+
+        return new Promise((_resolve, reject) => {
+          const onAbort = () => {
+            signal.removeEventListener('abort', onAbort);
+            reject(createBrokenDOMExceptionLikeError());
+          };
+
+          if (signal.aborted) return onAbort();
+          signal.addEventListener('abort', onAbort);
+        });
+      };
+
+      await assert.rejects(
+        () =>
+          fetchAxios.get('/', {
+            timeout: 50,
+            env: { fetch: safariFetch },
+          }),
+        (err) => {
+          assert.strictEqual(err.name, 'AxiosError');
+          assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ETIMEDOUT');
+          assert.match(err.message, /timeout of 50ms exceeded/);
+          return true;
+        }
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should combine baseURL and url', async () => {
     const server = await startHTTPServer(async (req, res) => res.end('OK'), { port: SERVER_PORT });
     try {