diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index 1a2ec796..6b2e556a 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ import { set } from '@balena/es-version';
 // Set the desired es version for downstream modules that support it, before we import any
 set('es2019');
 
+import { setDefaultAutoSelectFamilyAttemptTimeout } from 'net';
+// Increase the timeout for the happy eyeballs algorithm to 5000ms to avoid issues on slower networks
+setDefaultAutoSelectFamilyAttemptTimeout(5000);
+
 import { NOTFOUND } from 'dns';
 import mdnsResolver from 'mdns-resolver';