diff --git a/src/fru_device.cpp b/src/fru_device.cpp
index ad6f016..4afefca 100644
--- a/src/fru_device.cpp
+++ b/src/fru_device.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 static constexpr bool debug = false;
 constexpr size_t maxFruSize = 512;
 constexpr size_t maxEepromPageIndex = 255;
-constexpr size_t busTimeoutSeconds = 5;
+constexpr size_t busTimeoutSeconds = 10;
 
 constexpr const char* blacklistPath = PACKAGE_DIR "blacklist.json";