diff --git a/deployment/overlays/production/configmap.yaml b/deployment/overlays/production/configmap.yaml
index f32a493a..00f87e4b 100644
--- a/deployment/overlays/production/configmap.yaml
+++ b/deployment/overlays/production/configmap.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ data:
   KUSAMA_NODE_URL: wss://kusama-rpc.polkadot.io
   LOG_LEVEL: info
   MAX_RESULTS_LIMIT: "20"
-  OFFCHAIN_REQ_TIMEOUT_SECS: "10"
+  OFFCHAIN_REQ_TIMEOUT_SECS: "60"
   OFFCHAIN_SERVER_PORT: "3001"
   OFFCHAIN_TELEGRAM_WS_PORT: "3020"
   OFFCHAIN_WS_PORT: "3011"
diff --git a/deployment/overlays/staging/configmap.yaml b/deployment/overlays/staging/configmap.yaml
index 0428bce7..6cfb86ec 100644
--- a/deployment/overlays/staging/configmap.yaml
+++ b/deployment/overlays/staging/configmap.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ data:
   KUSAMA_NODE_URL: wss://kusama-rpc.polkadot.io
   LOG_LEVEL: info
   MAX_RESULTS_LIMIT: "20"
-  OFFCHAIN_REQ_TIMEOUT_SECS: "10"
+  OFFCHAIN_REQ_TIMEOUT_SECS: "60"
   OFFCHAIN_SERVER_PORT: "3001"
   OFFCHAIN_TELEGRAM_WS_PORT: "3020"
   OFFCHAIN_WS_PORT: "3011"
diff --git a/src/express-api/config.ts b/src/express-api/config.ts
index eb647892..3cda024d 100644
--- a/src/express-api/config.ts
+++ b/src/express-api/config.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ export const maxFileSizeBytes = parseInt(process.env.IPFS_MAX_FILE_SIZE_BYTES) |
 
 export const maxFileSizeMB = maxFileSizeBytes / MB
 
-export const reqTimeoutSecs = process.env.OFFCHAIN_REQ_TIMEOUT_SECS || 10
+export const reqTimeoutSecs = process.env.OFFCHAIN_REQ_TIMEOUT_SECS || 60
 
 export const allowedOrigins = process.env.CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGIN?.split(',').map(x => x.trim()) || ['http://localhost']