diff --git a/box.js b/box.js
index 7778cff2a..9ea2a1133 100755
--- a/box.js
+++ b/box.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ async function setupLogging() {
 // happy eyeballs workaround. when there is no ipv6, nodejs timesout prematurely since the default for ipv4 is just 250ms
 // https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/54359
 async function setupNetworking() {
-    net.setDefaultAutoSelectFamilyAttemptTimeout(1000);
+    net.setDefaultAutoSelectFamilyAttemptTimeout(2500);
 }
 
 // this is also used as the 'uncaughtException' handler which can only have synchronous functions
diff --git a/src/taskworker.js b/src/taskworker.js
index 949c00d03..01d85b145 100755
--- a/src/taskworker.js
+++ b/src/taskworker.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ async function setupLogging() {
 
 // happy eyeballs workaround. see box.js for detailed note
 async function setupNetworking() {
-    net.setDefaultAutoSelectFamilyAttemptTimeout(1000);
+    net.setDefaultAutoSelectFamilyAttemptTimeout(2500);
 }
 
 // this is also used as the 'uncaughtException' handler which can only have synchronous functions