diff --git a/src/anthropic/_base_client.py b/src/anthropic/_base_client.py
index 6e7ae440..e092ca52 100644
--- a/src/anthropic/_base_client.py
+++ b/src/anthropic/_base_client.py
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@
 _AsyncStreamT = TypeVar("_AsyncStreamT", bound=AsyncStream[Any])
 
 
-DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = Timeout(timeout=60.0, connect=5.0)
+# default timeout is 10 minutes
+DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = Timeout(timeout=600.0, connect=5.0)
 DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES = 2
 DEFAULT_LIMITS = Limits(max_connections=100, max_keepalive_connections=20)