diff --git a/roles/varnish/templates/kojipkgs.vcl.j2 b/roles/varnish/templates/kojipkgs.vcl.j2
index c3f7d51d14..8062d752bb 100644
--- a/roles/varnish/templates/kojipkgs.vcl.j2
+++ b/roles/varnish/templates/kojipkgs.vcl.j2
@@ -25,10 +25,12 @@ acl purge {
 backend localapache { 
   .host = "127.0.0.1"; 
   .port = "8080";
+  .first_byte_timeout = 60s;
+  .between_bytes_timeout = 60s;
   .probe = { 
       .url = "/"; 
       .interval = 5s; 
-      .timeout = 1s;
+      .timeout = 5s;
       .window = 5;
       .threshold = 3; }
 }