diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index a6b253c9422e059658ac960150c33121ad6bbce6..86036ef9fe743e5897aa56bdefa25426525f0a56 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+= 1.0.3 - 2020-04-10 =
+* Increased Curl connection timeout 
+
 = 1.0.2 - 2019-12-06 =
 * Fixed issue with headers
 
diff --git a/src/Curl/CurlClient.php b/src/Curl/CurlClient.php
index 00c968652d1dabc1a05f551712075dcdd75a1d85..503b3177ae77c6d0e433a9bfb09708a53c5bdae1 100644
--- a/src/Curl/CurlClient.php
+++ b/src/Curl/CurlClient.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class CurlClient implements HttpClient {
 			\CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST  => $method,
 			\CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER     => $this->compileRequestHeaders( $headers ),
 			\CURLOPT_URL            => $url,
-			\CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT => 10,
+			\CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT => 25,
 			\CURLOPT_TIMEOUT        => $timeOut,
 			\CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => \true,
 			// Return response as string