diff --git a/webapi/src/main/resources/application.conf b/webapi/src/main/resources/application.conf
index bf1877f235..f1c3e3d26d 100644
--- a/webapi/src/main/resources/application.conf
+++ b/webapi/src/main/resources/application.conf
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ akka {
             # Set to `infinite` to completely disable idle connection timeouts.
             #
             # Must be larger then request-timeout
-            idle-timeout = 30 minutes
+            idle-timeout = 120 minutes
 
             # Defines the default time period within which the application has to
             # produce an HttpResponse for any given HttpRequest it received.
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ akka {
             # request individually.
             #
             # Must be smaller then idle-timeout
-            request-timeout = 30 minutes
+            request-timeout = 120 minutes
 
             # The maximum number of concurrently accepted connections when using the
             # `Http().bindAndHandle` methods.
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ app {
     print-extended-config = ${?KNORA_WEBAPI_PRINT_EXTENDED_CONFIG}
 
     // default ask timeout. can be same or lower then akka.http.server.request-timeout.
-    default-timeout = 30 minutes
+    default-timeout = 120 minutes
 
     // If true, log all messages sent from and received by routes. Since messages are logged at DEBUG level, you will
     // need to set loglevel = "DEBUG" in the akka section of this file, and <root level="DEBUG"> in logback.xml.
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ app {
         query-timeout = 20 seconds
 
         // timeout for tripelstore updates. can be same or lower then akka.http.server.request-timeout.
-        update-timeout = 30 minutes
+        update-timeout = 120 minutes
 
         // triplestore auto init. initialize triplestore at startup if necessary.
         auto-init = false