diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index a53930a..6a1aeb0 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 #define DEFAULT_RETRY_MAX_INTERVAL 60
 #define DEFAULT_AMD_VERSION 5
 #define DEFAULT_INSTANCE_MODE 0
-#define DEFAULT_SESSION_TIMEOUT 60
+#define DEFAULT_SESSION_TIMEOUT 300
 #define MAX_NBRE_SERVICES 256
 #define FIREWALL_CWMP "/etc/firewall.cwmp"
 #define CWMP_VARSTATE_UCI_PACKAGE "/var/state/cwmp"
diff --git a/src/http.c b/src/http.c
index fbfe440..43556dd 100644
--- a/src/http.c
+++ b/src/http.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ static void http_cr_new_client(int client, bool service_available)
 	}
 
 	CWMP_LOG(INFO, "Received host: (%s)", request_host);
-	int auth_check = validate_http_digest_auth("GET", cwmp_main.conf.connection_request_path, auth_digest_buffer + strlen("Authorization: Digest "), REALM, username, password, 300, request_host);
+	int auth_check = validate_http_digest_auth("GET", cwmp_main.conf.connection_request_path, auth_digest_buffer + strlen("Authorization: Digest "), REALM, username, password, cwmp_main.conf.session_timeout, request_host);
 	if (auth_check == -1) { /* invalid nonce */
 		internal_error = true;
 		goto http_end;