diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Configuration/DefaultConfiguration.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Configuration/DefaultConfiguration.php
index 04afb07ef519..7bbafba75e36 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Configuration/DefaultConfiguration.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Configuration/DefaultConfiguration.php
@@ -1503,7 +1503,7 @@
         'connect_timeout' => 10,
         'proxy' => null,
         'ssl_key' => null,
-        'timeout' => 0,
+        'timeout' => 20,
         'verify' => true,
         'version' => '1.1',
         'handler' => [], // Array of callables