diff --git a/src/tribler/gui/event_request_manager.py b/src/tribler/gui/event_request_manager.py
index 9e73f144bf2..e8c24a00e57 100644
--- a/src/tribler/gui/event_request_manager.py
+++ b/src/tribler/gui/event_request_manager.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 received_events = []
 
-CORE_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 60
+CORE_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 120
 RECONNECT_INTERVAL_MS = 100