diff --git a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
index 0e375d17aec069769abe5840ed673360e7eae27e..27d993477daf78b4bd97073688d096b206ae7eb1 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ quiet: true #!final
 show_channel_urls: true #!final
 anaconda_upload: false #!final
 ssl_verify: false #!final
-remote_connect_timeout_secs: 30 #!final
-remote_max_retries: 10 #!final
+remote_connect_timeout_secs: 120 #!final
+remote_max_retries: 50 #!final
 channels:
   - defaults
 '''