diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/sink_docs/datahub.md b/metadata-ingestion/sink_docs/datahub.md
index 984f185bb493d1..0818b6b96293fe 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/sink_docs/datahub.md
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/sink_docs/datahub.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Note that a `.` is used to denote nested fields in the YAML recipe.
 | Field    | Required | Default | Description                  |
 | -------- | -------- | ------- | ---------------------------- |
 | `server` | ✅       |         | URL of DataHub GMS endpoint. |
-| `timeout_sec` |     | 2       | Per-HTTP request timeout.    |
+| `timeout_sec` |     | 30      | Per-HTTP request timeout.    |
 
 ## DataHub Kafka
 
diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/emitter/rest_emitter.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/emitter/rest_emitter.py
index 10b183b5f4da52..f756966c35e9bd 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/emitter/rest_emitter.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/emitter/rest_emitter.py
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ def _make_curl_command(
 
 
 class DatahubRestEmitter:
-    DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SEC = 10  # 10 seconds should be plenty to connect
+    DEFAULT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SEC = 30  # 30 seconds should be plenty to connect
     DEFAULT_READ_TIMEOUT_SEC = (
-        2  # Any ingest call taking longer than 2 seconds should be abandoned
+        30  # Any ingest call taking longer than 30 seconds should be abandoned
     )
 
     _gms_server: str