diff --git a/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/mintUpdate.py b/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/mintUpdate.py
index 4827e399..479c364e 100755
--- a/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/mintUpdate.py
+++ b/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/mintUpdate.py
@@ -2019,7 +2019,7 @@ def get_url_last_modified(self, url):
         try:
             c = pycurl.Curl()
             c.setopt(pycurl.URL, url)
-            c.setopt(pycurl.CONNECTTIMEOUT, 5)
+            c.setopt(pycurl.CONNECTTIMEOUT, 10)
             c.setopt(pycurl.TIMEOUT, 30)
             c.setopt(pycurl.FOLLOWLOCATION, 1)
             c.setopt(pycurl.NOBODY, 1)