diff --git a/guix-data-service/jobs.scm b/guix-data-service/jobs.scm
index fe9dc28..a1828a2 100644
--- a/guix-data-service/jobs.scm
+++ b/guix-data-service/jobs.scm
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
 (define default-timeout
   (* (* 60 60) ;; 1 hour in seconds
-     48))
+     72))
 
 (define* (process-jobs-concurrently
           fetch-new-jobs