diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/kdl.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/kdl.py
index bf84cbac13..b0b961b603 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/kdl.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/kdl.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ URL = \
 
 _ignore_starts = u'\'"'+u''.join(unichr(x) for x in range(0x2018, 0x201e)+[0x2032, 0x2033])
 
-def get_series(title, authors, timeout=10):
+def get_series(title, authors, timeout=60):
     mi = Metadata(title, authors)
     if title and title[0] in _ignore_starts:
         title = title[1:]