diff --git a/mediarepo-api/Cargo.toml b/mediarepo-api/Cargo.toml
index 4701a7f..755fafd 100644
--- a/mediarepo-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mediarepo-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ license = "gpl-3"
 tracing = "0.1.29"
 thiserror = "1.0.30"
 async-trait = {version = "0.1.51", optional=true}
-rmp-ipc = {version = "0.9.2", optional=true}
+rmp-ipc = {version = "0.10.0", optional=true}
 parking_lot = {version="0.11.2", optional=true}
 serde_json = {version="1.0.68", optional=true}
 directories = {version="4.0.1", optional=true}
diff --git a/mediarepo-api/src/client_api/mod.rs b/mediarepo-api/src/client_api/mod.rs
index 3360313..13de291 100644
--- a/mediarepo-api/src/client_api/mod.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-api/src/client_api/mod.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use rmp_ipc::ipc::stream_emitter::EmitMetadata;
 use rmp_ipc::payload::{EventReceivePayload, EventSendPayload};
 use rmp_ipc::prelude::{AsyncProtocolStream, AsyncStreamProtocolListener};
 use rmp_ipc::IPCBuilder;
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 #[async_trait]
 pub trait IPCApi<S: AsyncProtocolStream> {
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ where
     pub async fn connect(address: L::AddressType) -> ApiResult<Self> {
         let ctx = IPCBuilder::<L>::new()
             .address(address)
+            .timeout(Duration::from_secs(10))
             .build_pooled_client(8)
             .await?;
         let client = Self::new(ctx);