diff --git a/lib/aruba/api.rb b/lib/aruba/api.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/aruba/api.rb
+++ b/lib/aruba/api.rb
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ module Aruba
       end
     end
 
-    DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 5
+    DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 8
 
     def exit_timeout
       @aruba_timeout_seconds || DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
jruby is really slower than I expected, so increasing to 8 seconds