diff --git a/src/tape/drive/lto/sg_tape.rs b/src/tape/drive/lto/sg_tape.rs
index 4508f6f3..893ece5d 100644
--- a/src/tape/drive/lto/sg_tape.rs
+++ b/src/tape/drive/lto/sg_tape.rs
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ pub struct SgTape {
 
 impl SgTape {
 
-    const SCSI_TAPE_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT: usize = 60*2; // 2 minutes
+    const SCSI_TAPE_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT: usize = 60*10; // 10 minutes
 
     /// Create a new instance
     ///