diff --git a/lib/connection_client.robot b/lib/connection_client.robot
index 4819a8d..5616071 100755
--- a/lib/connection_client.robot
+++ b/lib/connection_client.robot
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Documentation     This module is for SSH connection override to QEMU
 ...               based openbmc systems.
 
-Library           SSHLibrary
+Library           SSHLibrary   timeout=30 seconds
 Library           OperatingSystem
 Library           Collections