diff --git a/SocketIO-iOSTests/AbstractSocketTest.swift b/SocketIO-iOSTests/AbstractSocketTest.swift
index 65a8be0..4d3ff3e 100644
--- a/SocketIO-iOSTests/AbstractSocketTest.swift
+++ b/SocketIO-iOSTests/AbstractSocketTest.swift
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import XCTest
 
 class AbstractSocketTest: XCTestCase {
     static let serverURL = "localhost:6979"
-    static let TEST_TIMEOUT = 3.0
+    static let TEST_TIMEOUT = 5.0
     static var socket: SocketIOClient!
     static let regularSocket = SocketIOClient(socketURL: AbstractSocketTest.serverURL)