diff --git a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/examples/libp2p_shared/lib.rs b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/examples/libp2p_shared/lib.rs
index ba33f1d91f..ce1a5cd0ff 100644
--- a/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/examples/libp2p_shared/lib.rs
+++ b/sdk/rust/nym-sdk/examples/libp2p_shared/lib.rs
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ pub mod substream;
 pub mod transport;
 
 /// The deafult timeout secs for [`transport::Upgrade`] future.
-const DEFAULT_HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 5;
+const DEFAULT_HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT_SECS: u64 = 10;