diff --git a/prompting/__init__.py b/prompting/__init__.py
index 3cccb49f1..65aed54ea 100644
--- a/prompting/__init__.py
+++ b/prompting/__init__.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 # Define the version of the template module.
-__version__ = "2.4.1"
+__version__ = "2.4.2"
 version_split = __version__.split(".")
 __spec_version__ = (
     (10000 * int(version_split[0]))
diff --git a/prompting/utils/config.py b/prompting/utils/config.py
index 4ffa0ddd4..a9382039c 100644
--- a/prompting/utils/config.py
+++ b/prompting/utils/config.py
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ def add_validator_args(cls, parser):
         "--neuron.timeout",
         type=float,
         help="The timeout for each forward call in seconds.",
-        default=10,
+        default=17,
     )
 
     parser.add_argument(