diff --git a/client/devkit_client/__init__.py b/client/devkit_client/__init__.py
index 56d89f91fde2029a5fefdcc8544311c2ab9ff034..60afa4dfb643d43683f80af873c01530e255f3e5 100644
--- a/client/devkit_client/__init__.py
+++ b/client/devkit_client/__init__.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ ASCII_LOWERCASE = str.maketrans(string.ascii_uppercase,
                                 string.ascii_lowercase)
 
 # Default urllib timeout is way too long for LAN hosts
-REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 2
+REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 5
 
 # Root of the installation - do not use getcwd!
 if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):