diff --git a/tpu-client-next/src/quic_networking.rs b/tpu-client-next/src/quic_networking.rs
index 38c4d4d54dd..7b1f350428a 100644
--- a/tpu-client-next/src/quic_networking.rs
+++ b/tpu-client-next/src/quic_networking.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //! Utility code to handle quic networking.
 
+use std::time::Duration;
 use {
     crate::connection_workers_scheduler::BindTarget,
     quinn::{
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ pub(crate) fn create_client_config(client_certificate: &QuicClientCertificate) -
     let transport_config = {
         let mut res = TransportConfig::default();
 
-        let timeout = IdleTimeout::try_from(QUIC_MAX_TIMEOUT).unwrap();
+        let timeout = IdleTimeout::try_from(Duration::from_secs(15)).unwrap();
         res.max_idle_timeout(Some(timeout));
         res.keep_alive_interval(Some(QUIC_KEEP_ALIVE));
         // Disable Quic send fairness.