diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 79ee1f68c3..e601595c1c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ WORKDIR /src
 
 COPY . /src
 RUN dos2unix /src/scripts/docker-link-repos.sh && sh /src/scripts/docker-link-repos.sh
-RUN yarn install
+RUN yarn --network-timeout=100000 install
 RUN yarn build
 
 # Copy the config now so that we don't create another layer in the app image
diff --git a/scripts/docker-link-repos.sh b/scripts/docker-link-repos.sh
index 816b2e040c..9f17188ed6 100644
--- a/scripts/docker-link-repos.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker-link-repos.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ git clone $JS_SDK_REPO js-sdk
 cd js-sdk
 git checkout $JS_SDK_BRANCH
 yarn link
-yarn install
+yarn --network-timeout=100000 install
 cd ../
 
 echo "Linking react-sdk"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ cd react-sdk
 git checkout $REACT_SDK_BRANCH
 yarn link
 yarn link matrix-js-sdk
-yarn install
+yarn --network-timeout=100000 install
 cd ../
 
 echo "Setting up riot-web with react-sdk and js-sdk packages"