diff --git a/ct/prometheus-pve-exporter.sh b/ct/prometheus-pve-exporter.sh
index 198e4280..008b5606 100644
--- a/ct/prometheus-pve-exporter.sh
+++ b/ct/prometheus-pve-exporter.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ function update_script() {
     msg_ok "Stopped ${APP}"
 
     msg_info "Updating ${APP}"
-    pip install prometheus-pve-exporter --upgrade --root-user-action=ignore &>/dev/null
+    pip install prometheus-pve-exporter --default-timeout=300 --upgrade --root-user-action=ignore &>/dev/null
     msg_ok "Updated ${APP}"
 
     msg_info "Starting ${APP}"
diff --git a/install/prometheus-pve-exporter-install.sh b/install/prometheus-pve-exporter-install.sh
index a1e3c891..ecbeb000 100644
--- a/install/prometheus-pve-exporter-install.sh
+++ b/install/prometheus-pve-exporter-install.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ rm -rf /usr/lib/python3.*/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
 msg_ok "Setup Python3"
 
 msg_info "Installing Prometheus Proxmox VE Exporter"
-python3 -m pip install --quiet --root-user-action=ignore prometheus-pve-exporter
+python3 -m pip install --default-timeout=300 --quiet --root-user-action=ignore prometheus-pve-exporter
 mkdir -p /opt/prometheus-pve-exporter
 cat <<EOF > /opt/prometheus-pve-exporter/pve.yml
 default: