diff --git a/src/ray/ray_config.h b/src/ray/ray_config.h
index 2306b89c3..480c976a5 100644
--- a/src/ray/ray_config.h
+++ b/src/ray/ray_config.h
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ class RayConfig {
         worker_fetch_request_size_(10000),
         max_lineage_size_(100),
         actor_max_dummy_objects_(1000),
-        num_connect_attempts_(50),
-        connect_timeout_milliseconds_(100),
+        num_connect_attempts_(5),
+        connect_timeout_milliseconds_(500),
         local_scheduler_fetch_timeout_milliseconds_(1000),
         local_scheduler_reconstruction_timeout_milliseconds_(1000),
         max_num_to_reconstruct_(10000),