diff --git a/sdk/src/main/java/org/openbaton/sdk/api/util/RestRequest.java b/sdk/src/main/java/org/openbaton/sdk/api/util/RestRequest.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/sdk/src/main/java/org/openbaton/sdk/api/util/RestRequest.java
+++ b/sdk/src/main/java/org/openbaton/sdk/api/util/RestRequest.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public abstract class RestRequest {
 
   private CloseableHttpClient httpClient;
   private RequestConfig config =
-      RequestConfig.custom().setConnectionRequestTimeout(10000).setConnectTimeout(10000).build();
+      RequestConfig.custom().setConnectionRequestTimeout(10000).setConnectTimeout(60000).build();
 
   /**
    * Create a request with a given url path
Fix: Extend the timeout for a connection to <I> seconds

Sometimes the former <I> seconds timeout was too short to upload for example a Vim Instance to the NFVO.