diff --git a/analytics_dashboard/settings/base.py b/analytics_dashboard/settings/base.py
index de82e133d..85bbc67ba 100644
--- a/analytics_dashboard/settings/base.py
+++ b/analytics_dashboard/settings/base.py
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@
 # Time in seconds that Insights should wait on external services
 # before giving up.  These values should be overridden in
 # configuration.
-ANALYTICS_API_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 5
+ANALYTICS_API_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 10
 LMS_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 5
 ########## END EXTERNAL SERVICE TIMEOUTS