diff --git a/opencontrail/files/kafka/1.1.1/server.properties b/opencontrail/files/kafka/1.1.1/server.properties
index 1fb905c..1e8d55f 100644
--- a/opencontrail/files/kafka/1.1.1/server.properties
+++ b/opencontrail/files/kafka/1.1.1/server.properties
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
 zookeeper.connect={% for member in database.members %}{{ member.host }}:2182{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}{% endfor %}
 
 # Timeout in ms for connecting to zookeeper
-zookeeper.connection.timeout.ms=6000
+zookeeper.connection.timeout.ms=12000
 
 ##################### Confluent Metrics Reporter #######################
 # Confluent Control Center and Confluent Auto Data Balancer integration