diff --git a/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/litellm_online_request_processor.py b/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/litellm_online_request_processor.py
index 69463caa..b4e91fc2 100644
--- a/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/litellm_online_request_processor.py
+++ b/src/bespokelabs/curator/request_processor/litellm_online_request_processor.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 litellm.suppress_debug_info = True
-REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 60.0
+REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 10 * 60.0 # same as openai python sdk
 
 
 class LiteLLMOnlineRequestProcessor(BaseOnlineRequestProcessor):