diff --git a/sources/main_node_cli_net.c b/sources/main_node_cli_net.c
index 087bd29709ae4c2943a229f1cc731f820a30da16..06d443c6d2015095f970945eeae5180dc1fff993 100644
--- a/sources/main_node_cli_net.c
+++ b/sources/main_node_cli_net.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ connect_param* node_cli_connect(void)
     connect_param *param = DAP_NEW_Z(connect_param);
     CURL *curl_handle = curl_easy_init();
     int ret = curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_UNIX_SOCKET_PATH, UNIX_SOCKET_FILE); // unix socket mode
-    curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 60L); // complete within 60 seconds
+    curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 600L); // complete within 10 minutes
     ret = curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY, 1L); // connection only
     ret = curl_easy_setopt(curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, "http:/localhost/connect");
 // execute request