diff --git a/lib/geocoder/lookups/base.rb b/lib/geocoder/lookups/base.rb
index 2d78b542d..e8afdf88a 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/lookups/base.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/lookups/base.rb
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ def make_api_request(query)
           end
           client.request(req)
         end
-      rescue Net::OpenTimeout, Net::ReadTimeout
+      rescue Timeout::Error
         raise Geocoder::LookupTimeout
       end