diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/error/ErrorController.java b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/error/ErrorController.java
index b66d0e779..45c940bcb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/error/ErrorController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/error/ErrorController.java
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ public class ErrorController implements FxController {
 		HttpClient httpClient = HttpClient.newBuilder().version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_1_1).build();
 		HttpRequest httpRequest = HttpRequest.newBuilder()//
 				.header("User-Agent", userAgent)
-				.timeout(Duration.ofSeconds(5))
+				.timeout(Duration.ofSeconds(10))
 				.uri(URI.create(ERROR_CODES_URL_FORMAT.formatted(URLEncoder.encode(errorCode.toString(),StandardCharsets.UTF_8))))//
 				.build();
 		httpClient.sendAsync(httpRequest, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofInputStream())//
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/fxapp/UpdateCheckerModule.java b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/fxapp/UpdateCheckerModule.java
index cfd48935f..b5f06d7e5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/fxapp/UpdateCheckerModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cryptomator/ui/fxapp/UpdateCheckerModule.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public abstract class UpdateCheckerModule {
 		return HttpRequest.newBuilder() //
 				.uri(LATEST_VERSION_URI) //
 				.header("User-Agent", userAgent) //
-				.timeout(java.time.Duration.ofSeconds(3))
+				.timeout(java.time.Duration.ofSeconds(10))
 				.build();
 	}