diff --git a/transport-sctp/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/sctp/SctpClientPipelineSink.java b/transport-sctp/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/sctp/SctpClientPipelineSink.java
index 363407f7d5..b72c4f5cb6 100644
--- a/transport-sctp/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/sctp/SctpClientPipelineSink.java
+++ b/transport-sctp/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/sctp/SctpClientPipelineSink.java
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ class SctpClientPipelineSink extends AbstractChannelSink {
                 wakenUp.set(false);
 
                 try {
-                    int selectedKeyCount = selector.select(500);
+                    int selectedKeyCount = selector.select(10);
 
                     // 'wakenUp.compareAndSet(false, true)' is always evaluated
                     // before calling 'selector.wakeup()' to reduce the wake-up
@@ -302,9 +302,9 @@ class SctpClientPipelineSink extends AbstractChannelSink {
                         processSelectedKeys(selector.selectedKeys());
                     }
 
-                    // Handle connection timeout every 0.5 seconds approximately.
+                    // Handle connection timeout every 10 milliseconds approximately.
                     long currentTimeNanos = System.nanoTime();
-                    if (currentTimeNanos - lastConnectTimeoutCheckTimeNanos >= 500 * 1000000L) {
+                    if (currentTimeNanos - lastConnectTimeoutCheckTimeNanos >= 10 * 1000000L) {
                         lastConnectTimeoutCheckTimeNanos = currentTimeNanos;
                         processConnectTimeout(selector.keys(), currentTimeNanos);
                     }
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketPipelineSink.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketPipelineSink.java
index ca2333659f..39b2a73ed4 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketPipelineSink.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/NioClientSocketPipelineSink.java
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ class NioClientSocketPipelineSink extends AbstractChannelSink {
                 wakenUp.set(false);
 
                 try {
-                    int selectedKeyCount = selector.select(500);
+                    int selectedKeyCount = selector.select(10);
 
                     // 'wakenUp.compareAndSet(false, true)' is always evaluated
                     // before calling 'selector.wakeup()' to reduce the wake-up
@@ -282,9 +282,9 @@ class NioClientSocketPipelineSink extends AbstractChannelSink {
                         processSelectedKeys(selector.selectedKeys());
                     }
 
-                    // Handle connection timeout every 0.5 seconds approximately.
+                    // Handle connection timeout every 10 milliseconds approximately.
                     long currentTimeNanos = System.nanoTime();
-                    if (currentTimeNanos - lastConnectTimeoutCheckTimeNanos >= 500 * 1000000L) {
+                    if (currentTimeNanos - lastConnectTimeoutCheckTimeNanos >= 10 * 1000000L) {
                         lastConnectTimeoutCheckTimeNanos = currentTimeNanos;
                         processConnectTimeout(selector.keys(), currentTimeNanos);
                     }
diff --git a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/SelectorUtil.java b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/SelectorUtil.java
index 2ba8fee35d..511f5dcf26 100644
--- a/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/SelectorUtil.java
+++ b/transport/src/main/java/io/netty/channel/socket/nio/SelectorUtil.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ final class SelectorUtil {
     
     static void select(Selector selector) throws IOException {
         try {
-            selector.select(500);
+            selector.select(10);
         } catch (CancelledKeyException e) {
             if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                 logger.debug(