diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
index 3849c8a5a1..47b15dc030 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/wget.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class Wget(FetchMethod):
         if not ud.localfile:
             ud.localfile = d.expand(urllib.parse.unquote(ud.host + ud.path).replace("/", "."))
 
-        self.basecmd = d.getVar("FETCHCMD_wget") or "/usr/bin/env wget -t 2 -T 30"
+        self.basecmd = d.getVar("FETCHCMD_wget") or "/usr/bin/env wget -t 2 -T 100"
 
         if ud.type == 'ftp' or ud.type == 'ftps':
             self.basecmd += " --passive-ftp"
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ class Wget(FetchMethod):
                 except (TypeError, ImportError, IOError, netrc.NetrcParseError):
                     pass
 
-                with opener.open(r, timeout=30) as response:
+                with opener.open(r, timeout=100) as response:
                     pass
             except urllib.error.URLError as e:
                 if try_again: