diff --git a/litellm/constants.py b/litellm/constants.py
index 28c6c0cc0e3..b1b6e2cf09b 100644
--- a/litellm/constants.py
+++ b/litellm/constants.py
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ MAX_SIZE_PER_ITEM_IN_MEMORY_CACHE_IN_KB = int(
 )
 DEFAULT_MAX_TOKENS_FOR_TRITON = int(os.getenv("DEFAULT_MAX_TOKENS_FOR_TRITON", 2000))
 #### Networking settings ####
-request_timeout: float = float(os.getenv("REQUEST_TIMEOUT", 6000))  # time in seconds
+request_timeout: float = float(os.getenv("REQUEST_TIMEOUT", 600))  # time in seconds
 DEFAULT_A2A_AGENT_TIMEOUT: float = float(
     os.getenv("DEFAULT_A2A_AGENT_TIMEOUT", 6000)
 )  # 10 minutes