diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/haproxy/attributes/default.rb b/chef/cookbooks/haproxy/attributes/default.rb
index ee89df3..467e7ee 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/haproxy/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/haproxy/attributes/default.rb
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ default['haproxy']['pid_file'] = "/var/run/haproxy.pid"
 
 default['haproxy']['defaults_options'] = ["tcpka", "httpchk", "tcplog", "httplog"]
 default['haproxy']['x_forwarded_for'] = false
-default['haproxy']['defaults_timeouts']['connect'] = "5s"
+default['haproxy']['defaults_timeouts']['connect'] = "10s"
 default['haproxy']['defaults_timeouts']['client'] = "100s"
 default['haproxy']['defaults_timeouts']['server'] = "100s"
 default['haproxy']['cookie'] = nil