diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ftplib.py b/Lib/test/test_ftplib.py
index 21592d7..865c228 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ftplib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ftplib.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from test.support import HOST
 threading = support.import_module('threading')
 
+TIMEOUT = 3
 # the dummy data returned by server over the data channel when
 # RETR, LIST, NLST, MLSD commands are issued
 RETR_DATA = 'abcde12345\r\n' * 1000
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@
         addr = list(map(int, arg.split(',')))
         ip = '%d.%d.%d.%d' %tuple(addr[:4])
         port = (addr[4] * 256) + addr[5]
-        s = socket.create_connection((ip, port), timeout=2)
+        s = socket.create_connection((ip, port), timeout=TIMEOUT)
         self.dtp = self.dtp_handler(s, baseclass=self)
         self.push('200 active data connection established')
 
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@
         with socket.socket() as sock:
             sock.bind((self.socket.getsockname()[0], 0))
             sock.listen(5)
-            sock.settimeout(10)
+            sock.settimeout(TIMEOUT)
             ip, port = sock.getsockname()[:2]
             ip = ip.replace('.', ','); p1 = port / 256; p2 = port % 256
             self.push('227 entering passive mode (%s,%d,%d)' %(ip, p1, p2))
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@
     def cmd_eprt(self, arg):
         af, ip, port = arg.split(arg[0])[1:-1]
         port = int(port)
-        s = socket.create_connection((ip, port), timeout=2)
+        s = socket.create_connection((ip, port), timeout=TIMEOUT)
         self.dtp = self.dtp_handler(s, baseclass=self)
         self.push('200 active data connection established')
 
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@
         with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6) as sock:
             sock.bind((self.socket.getsockname()[0], 0))
             sock.listen(5)
-            sock.settimeout(10)
+            sock.settimeout(TIMEOUT)
             port = sock.getsockname()[1]
             self.push('229 entering extended passive mode (|||%d|)' %port)
             conn, addr = sock.accept()
@@ -454,7 +455,7 @@
     def setUp(self):
         self.server = DummyFTPServer((HOST, 0))
         self.server.start()
-        self.client = ftplib.FTP(timeout=2)
+        self.client = ftplib.FTP(timeout=TIMEOUT)
         self.client.connect(self.server.host, self.server.port)
 
     def tearDown(self):
@@ -667,7 +668,7 @@
 
     def test_makepasv(self):
         host, port = self.client.makepasv()
-        conn = socket.create_connection((host, port), 10)
+        conn = socket.create_connection((host, port), timeout=TIMEOUT)
         conn.close()
         # IPv4 is in use, just make sure send_epsv has not been used
         self.assertEqual(self.server.handler_instance.last_received_cmd, 'pasv')
@@ -685,7 +686,7 @@
             return True
 
         # base test
-        with ftplib.FTP(timeout=2) as self.client:
+        with ftplib.FTP(timeout=TIMEOUT) as self.client:
             self.client.connect(self.server.host, self.server.port)
             self.client.sendcmd('noop')
             self.assertTrue(is_client_connected())
@@ -693,7 +694,7 @@
         self.assertFalse(is_client_connected())
 
         # QUIT sent inside the with block
-        with ftplib.FTP(timeout=2) as self.client:
+        with ftplib.FTP(timeout=TIMEOUT) as self.client:
             self.client.connect(self.server.host, self.server.port)
             self.client.sendcmd('noop')
             self.client.quit()
@@ -703,7 +704,7 @@
         # force a wrong response code to be sent on QUIT: error_perm
         # is expected and the connection is supposed to be closed
         try:
-            with ftplib.FTP(timeout=2) as self.client:
+            with ftplib.FTP(timeout=TIMEOUT) as self.client:
                 self.client.connect(self.server.host, self.server.port)
                 self.client.sendcmd('noop')
                 self.server.handler_instance.next_response = '550 error on quit'
@@ -759,7 +760,7 @@
     def setUp(self):
         self.server = DummyFTPServer(('::1', 0), af=socket.AF_INET6)
         self.server.start()
-        self.client = ftplib.FTP()
+        self.client = ftplib.FTP(timeout=TIMEOUT)
         self.client.connect(self.server.host, self.server.port)
 
     def tearDown(self):
@@ -776,7 +777,7 @@
 
     def test_makepasv(self):
         host, port = self.client.makepasv()
-        conn = socket.create_connection((host, port), 10)
+        conn = socket.create_connection((host, port), timeout=TIMEOUT)
         conn.close()
         self.assertEqual(self.server.handler_instance.last_received_cmd, 'epsv')
 
@@ -802,7 +803,7 @@
     def setUp(self):
         self.server = DummyTLS_FTPServer((HOST, 0))
         self.server.start()
-        self.client = ftplib.FTP_TLS(timeout=2)
+        self.client = ftplib.FTP_TLS(timeout=TIMEOUT)
         self.client.connect(self.server.host, self.server.port)
         # enable TLS
         self.client.auth()
@@ -815,7 +816,7 @@
     def setUp(self):
         self.server = DummyTLS_FTPServer((HOST, 0))
         self.server.start()
-        self.client = ftplib.FTP_TLS(timeout=2)
+        self.client = ftplib.FTP_TLS(timeout=TIMEOUT)
         self.client.connect(self.server.host, self.server.port)
 
     def tearDown(self):
@@ -875,7 +876,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, ftplib.FTP_TLS, certfile=CERTFILE,
                           keyfile=CERTFILE, context=ctx)
 
-        self.client = ftplib.FTP_TLS(context=ctx, timeout=2)
+        self.client = ftplib.FTP_TLS(context=ctx, timeout=TIMEOUT)
         self.client.connect(self.server.host, self.server.port)
         self.assertNotIsInstance(self.client.sock, ssl.SSLSocket)
         self.client.auth()