diff --git a/galera/files/my.cnf b/galera/files/my.cnf
index 1a1158b..a8e8a02 100644
--- a/galera/files/my.cnf
+++ b/galera/files/my.cnf
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
 
 myisam_sort_buffer_size=64M
-wait_timeout={{ service.get('wait_timeout', 1800) }}
+wait_timeout={{ service.get('wait_timeout', 28800) }}
 open_files_limit=102400
 table_open_cache={{ service.get('table_open_cache', 10000) }}
 tmp_table_size={{ service.get('tmp_table_size', 16777216) }}