diff --git a/app/lib/describe_indexer.rb b/app/lib/describe_indexer.rb
index 4c0de763..ebc4c987 100644
--- a/app/lib/describe_indexer.rb
+++ b/app/lib/describe_indexer.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ def rss_url_list
   # Parse the rss_url, get a JSON resource url for each item, convert it to XML, and pass it to traject
   def perform_indexing
     rss_url_list.each do |url|
-      resource_json = URI.open(url, read_timeout: 30).read
+      uri = URI.open(url, open_timeout: 60, read_timeout: 60)
+      resource_json = uri.read
       resource_xml = prep_for_indexing(resource_json)
       traject_indexer.process(resource_xml)
       Rails.logger.info "Successfully imported record from #{url}."