diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 00b58d63..a243e490 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# 0.19.4
+- increase timeout to 300 seconds
+
 # 0.19.3
 - correct exposure of types from dependency
 - bitcoinsv v0.2.4
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 74940646..0fc9643d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitcoinsv-rpc"
-version = "0.19.3"
+version = "0.19.4"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bitcoinsv",
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitcoinsv-rpc-json"
-version = "0.19.3"
+version = "0.19.4"
 dependencies = [
  "approx",
  "bitcoinsv",
diff --git a/client/Cargo.toml b/client/Cargo.toml
index 3c323a98..3238928c 100644
--- a/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "bitcoinsv-rpc"
-version = "0.19.3"
+version = "0.19.4"
 authors = [
     "Daniel Connolly <daniel@dconnolly.com>"
 ]
diff --git a/client/src/client.rs b/client/src/client.rs
index 7decd880..b6394f8a 100644
--- a/client/src/client.rs
+++ b/client/src/client.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ use bitcoinsv_rpc_json::GetNetworkInfoResult;
 use crate::error::*;
 use crate::json;
 
+const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS: u64 = 300;
+
 /// Crate-specific Result type, shorthand for `std::result::Result` with our
 /// crate-specific Error type;
 pub type Result<T> = result::Result<T, Error>;
@@ -511,6 +513,7 @@ impl Client {
     /// Can only return [Err] when using cookie authentication.
     pub fn new(url: &str, auth: Auth) -> Result<Self> {
         let b = jsonrpc::minreq_http::MinreqHttpTransport::builder()
+            .timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS))
             .url(url)?;
         let b = match auth {
             Auth::None => b,
diff --git a/json/Cargo.toml b/json/Cargo.toml
index ecf77ee4..7f43f39d 100644
--- a/json/Cargo.toml
+++ b/json/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "bitcoinsv-rpc-json"
-version = "0.19.3"
+version = "0.19.4"
 authors = [
     "Daniel Connolly <daniel@dconnolly.com>",
 ]