diff --git a/src/wsdd.py b/src/wsdd.py
index 88a7a2a..360e4f7 100755
--- a/src/wsdd.py
+++ b/src/wsdd.py
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ class WSDClient(WSDUDPMessageHandler):
             request.add_header('Host', host)

         try:
-            with urllib.request.urlopen(request, None, 2.0) as stream:
+            with urllib.request.urlopen(request, None, 5.0) as stream:
                 self.handle_metadata(stream.read(), endpoint, xaddr)
         except urllib.error.URLError as e:
             logger.warning('could not fetch metadata from: {} {}'.format(url, e))