diff --git a/src/MessageBird/Common/HttpClient.php b/src/MessageBird/Common/HttpClient.php
index 30a21e6b..b69c63df 100644
--- a/src/MessageBird/Common/HttpClient.php
+++ b/src/MessageBird/Common/HttpClient.php
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ public function performHttpRequest($method, $resourceName, $query = null, $body
         curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $this->getRequestUrl($resourceName, $query));
         curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
         curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10);
+        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 2);
 
         if ($method === self::REQUEST_GET) {
             curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPGET, true);