diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/ShardSplitTest.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/ShardSplitTest.java
index 3c6ea8f80da..fdb82697981 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/ShardSplitTest.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/ShardSplitTest.java
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ public class ShardSplitTest extends BasicDistributedZkTest {
 
     HttpSolrServer baseServer = new HttpSolrServer(baseUrl);
     baseServer.setConnectionTimeout(15000);
-    baseServer.setSoTimeout(60000);
+    baseServer.setSoTimeout(60000 * 5);
     baseServer.request(request);
   }