diff --git a/maxscale-system-test/cnf/maxscale.cnf.template.mysqlmon_switchover b/maxscale-system-test/cnf/maxscale.cnf.template.mysqlmon_switchover
index e5dcff078..94b16058f 100644
--- a/maxscale-system-test/cnf/maxscale.cnf.template.mysqlmon_switchover
+++ b/maxscale-system-test/cnf/maxscale.cnf.template.mysqlmon_switchover
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ auto_failover=false
 auto_rejoin=true
 replication_user=repl
 replication_password=repl
-backend_connect_timeout=1
+backend_connect_timeout=5
+backend_read_timeout=5
+backend_write_timeout=5
 
 [RW-Split-Router]
 type=service