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diff --git a/app/services/feature_service.rb b/app/services/feature_service.rb
index 7e25a3392a..128534de99 100644
--- a/app/services/feature_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/feature_service.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ class FeatureService
     launchdarkly_sdk_key = Rails.application.config.launchdarkly_sdk_key
     if launchdarkly_sdk_key.present?
       logger.level = ::Logger::WARN
-      config = LaunchDarkly::Config.new(logger: logger)
+      config = LaunchDarkly::Config.new(logger: logger, connect_timeout: 20.0)
       self.launchdarkly_client = LaunchDarkly::LDClient.new(launchdarkly_sdk_key, config)
     else
       log_missing_key(logger)