diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0815a9ae..0362cff9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ _This release is scheduled to be released on 2021-04-01._
 - Fix wrong treatment of `appendLocationNameToHeader` when using `ukmetofficedatahub`
 - Fix alert not recognizing multiple alerts (#2522)
 - Fix fetch option httpsAgent to agent in calendar module (#466)
+- Fix module updatenotification which did not work for repos with many refs (#1907)
 
 ## [2.15.0] - 2021-04-01
 
diff --git a/modules/default/updatenotification/updatenotification.js b/modules/default/updatenotification/updatenotification.js
index e8c0d22e..7d416852 100644
--- a/modules/default/updatenotification/updatenotification.js
+++ b/modules/default/updatenotification/updatenotification.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Module.register("updatenotification", {
 		updateInterval: 10 * 60 * 1000, // every 10 minutes
 		refreshInterval: 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000, // one day
 		ignoreModules: [],
-		timeout: 1000
+		timeout: 5000
 	},
 
 	suspended: false,