diff --git a/agetpkg b/agetpkg
index 2e141c95740367eaca8a05ee0db117c5d0c98f4a..6aaf2453a3f1a1b6bb22f845c0e1b36b46b54f63 100755
--- a/agetpkg
+++ b/agetpkg
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ def parse_argv():
         help="display more information")
     p_main.add_argument("--url", help="archive URL",
         default=ARCHIVE_URL)
-    p_main.add_argument("-t", "--timeout", default=5, help="connection timeout (10s)")
+    p_main.add_argument("-t", "--timeout", default=10, help="connection timeout (10s)")
     p_main.add_argument("package",
         help="regex to match a package name")
     p_main.add_argument("version", nargs="?",