diff --git a/packages/gossip/transport/transport.go b/packages/gossip/transport/transport.go
index ef651bb300374e607d7394a12a18592d0d946050..97f98f00e4d3ca2c3a62d1005ee0043166df430a 100644
--- a/packages/gossip/transport/transport.go
+++ b/packages/gossip/transport/transport.go
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ var (
 
 // connection timeouts
 const (
-	acceptTimeout     = 500 * time.Millisecond
-	handshakeTimeout  = 100 * time.Millisecond
+	acceptTimeout     = 250 * time.Millisecond
+	handshakeTimeout  = 500 * time.Millisecond
 	connectionTimeout = acceptTimeout + handshakeTimeout
 
 	maxHandshakePacketSize = 256