diff --git a/build-tools/build-docker-images/stx-centos/Dockerfile.master b/build-tools/build-docker-images/stx-centos/Dockerfile.master
index 8bf76312..4132baa0 100644
--- a/build-tools/build-docker-images/stx-centos/Dockerfile.master
+++ b/build-tools/build-docker-images/stx-centos/Dockerfile.master
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ ARG RELEASE=7.5.1804
 FROM centos:${RELEASE}
 
 RUN set -ex ;\
+    sed -i '/\[main\]/ atimeout=120' /etc/yum.conf ;\
     yum install -y centos-release-openstack-rocky ;\
     rm -rf \
         /var/log/* \
diff --git a/build-tools/build-docker-images/stx-centos/Dockerfile.pike b/build-tools/build-docker-images/stx-centos/Dockerfile.pike
index 926cf2be..7969a2ad 100644
--- a/build-tools/build-docker-images/stx-centos/Dockerfile.pike
+++ b/build-tools/build-docker-images/stx-centos/Dockerfile.pike
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ ARG REPO_OPTS
 COPY stx.repo /
 
 RUN set -ex ;\
+    sed -i '/\[main\]/ atimeout=120' /etc/yum.conf ;\
     mv /stx.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/ ;\
     yum upgrade --disablerepo=* ${REPO_OPTS} -y ;\
     yum install --disablerepo=* ${REPO_OPTS} -y \
diff --git a/build-tools/build-wheels/docker/centos-dockerfile b/build-tools/build-wheels/docker/centos-dockerfile
index f5a48449..5df2ca31 100644
--- a/build-tools/build-wheels/docker/centos-dockerfile
+++ b/build-tools/build-wheels/docker/centos-dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ ARG OPENSTACK_RELEASE=pike
 # Install the necessary packages for building the python modules.
 # Some of these are dependencies of the specific modules, and could
 # instead be added to the wheels.cfg file in the future.
-RUN yum install -y epel-release centos-release-openstack-queens ;\
+RUN set -ex ;\
+    sed -i '/\[main\]/ atimeout=120' /etc/yum.conf ;\
+    yum install -y epel-release centos-release-openstack-queens ;\
     yum install -y git gcc zip bzip2 unzip \
                    python python-devel python-pip python-wheel \
                    wget openldap-devel mariadb mariadb-devel \