diff --git a/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientReceive.pm b/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientReceive.pm
index d95d39892fcafed55d0d64a723721eb42bb59bba..92e95376f540d7e8ba895bf07099b408f1a54afc 100755
--- a/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientReceive.pm
+++ b/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientReceive.pm
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ sub c2s
   if (!($client = SOAP::Transport::HTTP::Client->new())) {
     errMsg("Sorry, unable to create socket: " . &SOAP::Transport::HTTP::Client::errstr)
   }
-  $client->timeout(60);
+  $client->timeout(10);
   $client->ssl_opts(verify_hostname     => 1,
 		    SSL_use_cert        => 1,
 		    SSL_verify_mode     => 0x02,
diff --git a/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientSend.pm b/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientSend.pm
index 951ee4e7dd19cd1eda1762ac7606d71ef3a710fa..b1b3cc09af5a6a8918db1591dce2ed26fd4c22f5 100755
--- a/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientSend.pm
+++ b/src/warden-client/lib/WardenClientSend.pm
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ sub c2s
   if (!($client = SOAP::Transport::HTTP::Client->new())) {
     errMsg("Sorry, unable to create socket: " . &SOAP::Transport::HTTP::Client::errstr)
   }
-  $client->timeout(60);
+  $client->timeout(10);
   $client->ssl_opts(verify_hostname     => 1,
 		    SSL_use_cert        => 1,
 		    SSL_verify_mode     => 0x02,