diff --git a/tests/frontend/org/voltdb/regressionsuites/RegressionSuite.java b/tests/frontend/org/voltdb/regressionsuites/RegressionSuite.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/tests/frontend/org/voltdb/regressionsuites/RegressionSuite.java
+++ b/tests/frontend/org/voltdb/regressionsuites/RegressionSuite.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public class RegressionSuite extends TestCase {
     }
 
     public Client getClient() throws IOException {
-        return getClient(1000 * 120);
+        return getClient(1000 * 60 * 10); // 10 minute default
     }
 
     /**
ENG-<I>: Bump the default client timeout for r-suites to <I>min