diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cd8949d7..432d99e6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <jersey.version>2.22.1</jersey.version>
-        <httpcompontents.version>4.5.1</httpcompontents.version>
+        <httpcompontents.version>4.5.2</httpcompontents.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/api/Constants.java b/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/api/Constants.java
index aa406e34..8c05d9de 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/api/Constants.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/api/Constants.java
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ package org.telegram.telegrambots.api;
  */
 public class Constants {
     public static final String BASEURL = "https://api.telegram.org/bot";
+    public static final int SOCKET_TIMEOUT = 30 * 1000;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/updatesreceivers/UpdatesThread.java b/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/updatesreceivers/UpdatesThread.java
index 968a64ff..cbe9f650 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/updatesreceivers/UpdatesThread.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/updatesreceivers/UpdatesThread.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package org.telegram.telegrambots.updatesreceivers;
 
 import org.apache.http.HttpEntity;
 import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
+import org.apache.http.client.config.RequestConfig;
 import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
 import org.apache.http.conn.ssl.NoopHostnameVerifier;
 import org.apache.http.entity.BufferedHttpEntity;
@@ -57,9 +58,17 @@ public class UpdatesThread {
                 request.setOffset(lastReceivedUpdate + 1);
                 CloseableHttpClient httpclient = HttpClientBuilder.create().setSSLHostnameVerifier(new NoopHostnameVerifier()).setConnectionTimeToLive(20, TimeUnit.SECONDS).build();
                 String url = Constants.BASEURL + token + "/" + GetUpdates.PATH;
+                //config
+                RequestConfig defaultRequestConfig = RequestConfig.custom().build();
+                RequestConfig requestConfig = RequestConfig.copy(defaultRequestConfig)
+                        .setSocketTimeout(Constants.SOCKET_TIMEOUT)
+                        .setConnectTimeout(Constants.SOCKET_TIMEOUT)
+                        .setConnectionRequestTimeout(Constants.SOCKET_TIMEOUT).build();
+                //http client
                 HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(url);
                 try {
                     httpPost.addHeader("charset", "UTF-8");
+                    httpPost.setConfig(requestConfig);
                     httpPost.setEntity(new StringEntity(request.toJson().toString(), ContentType.APPLICATION_JSON));
                     HttpResponse response;
                     response = httpclient.execute(httpPost);