diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index c231cf84..23b83540 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ CLI usage
                      ssh_address
 
     Pure python ssh tunnel utils
-    Version 0.3.0
+    Version 0.3.1
 
     positional arguments:
       ssh_address           SSH server IP address (GW for SSH tunnels)
diff --git a/changelog.rst b/changelog.rst
index 27629413..fb04f089 100644
--- a/changelog.rst
+++ b/changelog.rst
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ CONTRIBUTORS
 CHANGELOG
 =========
 
+
+- v.0.3.1 (`Pahaz`_)
+    + Increase open connection timeout to 10 secods
+
 - v.0.3.0 (`Pahaz`_)
     + Change default with context behavior to use `.stop(force=True)` on exit (is not fully backward compatible)
     + Remove useless `daemon_forward_servers = True` hack for hangs prevention (is not fully backward compatible)
diff --git a/sshtunnel.py b/sshtunnel.py
index 34d79f8d..0c6d1ca3 100644
--- a/sshtunnel.py
+++ b/sshtunnel.py
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@
     input_ = input
 
 
-__version__ = '0.3.0'
+__version__ = '0.3.1'
 __author__ = 'pahaz'
 
 
 #: Timeout (seconds) for transport socket (``socket.settimeout``)
 SSH_TIMEOUT = 0.1  # ``None`` may cause a block of transport thread
 #: Timeout (seconds) for tunnel connection (open_channel timeout)
-TUNNEL_TIMEOUT = 1.0
+TUNNEL_TIMEOUT = 10.0
 
 _DAEMON = False  #: Use daemon threads in connections
 _CONNECTION_COUNTER = 1