diff --git a/app/Services/FireflyIIIOrg/Update/UpdateRequest.php b/app/Services/FireflyIIIOrg/Update/UpdateRequest.php
index a428007d2c..10a4d44323 100644
--- a/app/Services/FireflyIIIOrg/Update/UpdateRequest.php
+++ b/app/Services/FireflyIIIOrg/Update/UpdateRequest.php
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ class UpdateRequest implements UpdateRequestInterface
                 'headers' => [
                     'User-Agent' => sprintf('FireflyIII/%s/%s', config('firefly.version'), $channel),
                 ],
+                'timeout' => 3.1415
             ];
             $res     = $client->request('GET', $uri, $options);
         } catch (GuzzleException|Exception $e) {