diff --git a/CCDB/src/CcdbApi.cxx b/CCDB/src/CcdbApi.cxx
index fa42d62cc3633..bb2b69e84c4f7 100644
--- a/CCDB/src/CcdbApi.cxx
+++ b/CCDB/src/CcdbApi.cxx
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ void CcdbApi::init(std::string const& host)
                deploymentMode == o2::framework::DeploymentMode::FST) {
       mCurlTimeoutDownload = 15;
     } else if (deploymentMode == o2::framework::DeploymentMode::Local) {
-      mCurlTimeoutDownload = 1;
+      mCurlTimeoutDownload = 5;
     }
   }