diff --git a/docs/apache-airflow-providers-ssh/connections/ssh.rst b/docs/apache-airflow-providers-ssh/connections/ssh.rst
index 50c6a75910423..2d13de5cef937 100644
--- a/docs/apache-airflow-providers-ssh/connections/ssh.rst
+++ b/docs/apache-airflow-providers-ssh/connections/ssh.rst
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Extra (optional)
     * ``host_key`` - The base64 encoded ssh-rsa public key of the host or "ssh-<key type> <key data>" (as you would find in the ``known_hosts`` file). Specifying this allows making the connection if and only if the public key of the endpoint matches this value.
     * ``disabled_algorithms`` - A dictionary mapping algorithm type to an iterable of algorithm identifiers, which will be disabled for the lifetime of the transport.
     * ``ciphers`` - A list of ciphers to use in order of preference.
+    * ``host_proxy_cmd`` - A proxy command to be executed.
 
     Example "extras" field:
 
diff --git a/providers/src/airflow/providers/ssh/hooks/ssh.py b/providers/src/airflow/providers/ssh/hooks/ssh.py
index 3502459c64483..f17a5d1c5b863 100644
--- a/providers/src/airflow/providers/ssh/hooks/ssh.py
+++ b/providers/src/airflow/providers/ssh/hooks/ssh.py
@@ -170,6 +170,19 @@ def __init__(
                 if private_key:
                     self.pkey = self._pkey_from_private_key(private_key, passphrase=private_key_passphrase)
 
+                if "host_proxy_cmd" in extra_options:
+                    self.host_proxy_cmd = extra_options.get("host_proxy_cmd")
+
+                if "timeout" in extra_options:
+                    warnings.warn(
+                        "Extra option `timeout` is deprecated."
+                        "Please use `conn_timeout` instead."
+                        "The old option `timeout` will be removed in a future version.",
+                        category=AirflowProviderDeprecationWarning,
+                        stacklevel=2,
+                    )
+                    self.timeout = int(extra_options["timeout"])
+
                 if "conn_timeout" in extra_options and self.conn_timeout is None:
                     self.conn_timeout = int(extra_options["conn_timeout"])
 
@@ -247,8 +260,10 @@ def __init__(
             with open(user_ssh_config_filename) as config_fd:
                 ssh_conf.parse(config_fd)
             host_info = ssh_conf.lookup(self.remote_host)
-            if host_info and host_info.get("proxycommand") and not self.host_proxy_cmd:
-                self.host_proxy_cmd = host_info["proxycommand"]
+            # If the proxy command is already set via the extra options, it will not be overwritten"""
+            if not self.host_proxy_cmd:
+                if host_info and host_info.get("proxycommand"):
+                    self.host_proxy_cmd = host_info["proxycommand"]
 
             if not (self.password or self.key_file):
                 if host_info and host_info.get("identityfile"):
diff --git a/providers/tests/ssh/hooks/test_ssh.py b/providers/tests/ssh/hooks/test_ssh.py
index e09f2eeee0af7..71fa48f951a93 100644
--- a/providers/tests/ssh/hooks/test_ssh.py
+++ b/providers/tests/ssh/hooks/test_ssh.py
@@ -755,6 +755,24 @@ def test_ssh_with_extra_ciphers(self, ssh_mock):
             transport = ssh_mock.return_value.get_transport.return_value
             assert transport.get_security_options.return_value.ciphers == TEST_CIPHERS
 
+    def test_host_proxy_cmd_in_extra(self):
+        TEST_HOST_PROXY_CMD = "ncat --proxy-auth proxy_user:**** --proxy proxy_host:port %h %p"
+        session = settings.Session()
+        try:
+            conn = Connection(
+                conn_id="ssh_with_proxy_cmd",
+                host="localhost",
+                conn_type="ssh",
+                extra={"host_proxy_cmd": TEST_HOST_PROXY_CMD},
+            )
+            session.add(conn)
+            session.flush()
+            hook = SSHHook(ssh_conn_id=conn.conn_id)
+            assert hook.host_proxy_cmd == TEST_HOST_PROXY_CMD
+        finally:
+            session.delete(conn)
+            session.commit()
+
     def test_openssh_private_key(self):
         # Paramiko behaves differently with OpenSSH generated keys to paramiko
         # generated keys, so we need a test one.