diff --git a/src/delta_barth/constants.py b/src/delta_barth/constants.py
index e00964e..50c374e 100644
--- a/src/delta_barth/constants.py
+++ b/src/delta_barth/constants.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class KnownDelBarApiErrorCodes(enum.Enum):
 
 
 # ** API
-API_CON_TIMEOUT: Final[float] = 1.0  # secs to response
+API_CON_TIMEOUT: Final[float] = 5.0  # secs to response
 # ** API response parsing
 # ** column mapping [API-Response --> Target-Features]
 COL_MAP_SALES_PROGNOSIS: Final[DualDict[str, str]] = DualDict(