diff --git a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
index d223242..94a5858 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
@@ -1327,7 +1327,8 @@
             (isinstance(err, urllib.error.HTTPError) and
              500 <= err.code <= 599) or
             (isinstance(err, urllib.error.URLError) and
-             "ConnectionRefusedError" in err.reason) or
+                 (("ConnectionRefusedError" in err.reason) or
+                  ("TimeoutError" in err.reason))) or
             n in captured_errnos):
             if not verbose:
                 sys.stderr.write(denied.args[0] + "\n")
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a4ebd72..46c3c0a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@
 - Issue #23345: Prevent test_ssl failures with large OpenSSL patch level
   values (like 0.9.8zc).
 
+- Issue #22289: Prevent test_urllib2net failures due to ftp connection timeout.
+
 Build
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