diff --git a/arangod/Cluster/ClusterMethods.cpp b/arangod/Cluster/ClusterMethods.cpp
index 70e12670d5..4a05c94de5 100644
--- a/arangod/Cluster/ClusterMethods.cpp
+++ b/arangod/Cluster/ClusterMethods.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 using namespace arangodb::basics;
 using namespace arangodb::rest;
 
-static double const CL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 60.0;
+static double const CL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 90.0;
 
 namespace {
 template<typename T>
diff --git a/js/server/tests/resilience/resilience-synchronous-repl-cluster.js b/js/server/tests/resilience/resilience-synchronous-repl-cluster.js
index 4dd3d98f89..9c86a4b4d5 100644
--- a/js/server/tests/resilience/resilience-synchronous-repl-cluster.js
+++ b/js/server/tests/resilience/resilience-synchronous-repl-cluster.js
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ function SynchronousReplicationSuite () {
     cinfo = global.ArangoClusterInfo.getCollectionInfo(database, cn);
     shards = Object.keys(cinfo.shards);
     var count = 0;
-    while (++count <= 120) {
+    while (++count <= 180) {
       ccinfo = shards.map(
         s => global.ArangoClusterInfo.getCollectionInfoCurrent(database, cn, s)
       );