diff --git a/gallery_dl/cache.py b/gallery_dl/cache.py
index 38860913..a874f63b 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/cache.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/cache.py
@@ -210,6 +210,6 @@ try:
     os.close(os.open(dbfile, os.O_CREAT | os.O_RDONLY, 0o600))
 
     DatabaseCacheDecorator.db = sqlite3.connect(
-        dbfile, timeout=30, check_same_thread=False)
+        dbfile, timeout=60, check_same_thread=False)
 except (OSError, TypeError, sqlite3.OperationalError):
     cache = memcache  # noqa: F811
diff --git a/gallery_dl/util.py b/gallery_dl/util.py
index 4c0d17b7..d91d29ad 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/util.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/util.py
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ class PathFormat():
 class DownloadArchive():
 
     def __init__(self, path, extractor):
-        con = sqlite3.connect(path)
+        con = sqlite3.connect(path, timeout=60, check_same_thread=False)
         con.isolation_level = None
         self.close = con.close
         self.cursor = con.cursor()