diff --git a/docs/configuration/database.md b/docs/configuration/database.md
index 90487c17b..38514e036 100644
--- a/docs/configuration/database.md
+++ b/docs/configuration/database.md
@@ -138,5 +138,5 @@ db-sqlite-cache-size: "64MiB"
 # See: https://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_busy_timeout
 # Examples: ["0s", "1s", "30s", "1m", "5m"]
 # Default: "5s"
-db-sqlite-busy-timeout: "30s"
+db-sqlite-busy-timeout: "5m"
 ```
diff --git a/example/config.yaml b/example/config.yaml
index 5ce622a88..5b2aacc1c 100644
--- a/example/config.yaml
+++ b/example/config.yaml
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ db-sqlite-cache-size: "64MiB"
 # See: https://www.sqlite.org/pragma.html#pragma_busy_timeout
 # Examples: ["0s", "1s", "30s", "1m", "5m"]
 # Default: "5s"
-db-sqlite-busy-timeout: "30s"
+db-sqlite-busy-timeout: "5m"
 
 cache:
   gts:
diff --git a/internal/config/defaults.go b/internal/config/defaults.go
index 31f282113..3cd1a3ed3 100644
--- a/internal/config/defaults.go
+++ b/internal/config/defaults.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ var Defaults = Configuration{
 	DbSqliteJournalMode: "WAL",
 	DbSqliteSynchronous: "NORMAL",
 	DbSqliteCacheSize:   64 * bytesize.MiB,
-	DbSqliteBusyTimeout: time.Second * 30,
+	DbSqliteBusyTimeout: time.Minute * 5,
 
 	WebTemplateBaseDir: "./web/template/",
 	WebAssetBaseDir:    "./web/assets/",
diff --git a/testrig/config.go b/testrig/config.go
index 315e52bb9..08c1feb06 100644
--- a/testrig/config.go
+++ b/testrig/config.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ var testDefaults = config.Configuration{
 	DbSqliteJournalMode: "WAL",
 	DbSqliteSynchronous: "NORMAL",
 	DbSqliteCacheSize:   64 * bytesize.MiB,
-	DbSqliteBusyTimeout: time.Second * 30,
+	DbSqliteBusyTimeout: time.Minute * 5,
 
 	WebTemplateBaseDir: "./web/template/",
 	WebAssetBaseDir:    "./web/assets/",