diff --git a/eth/tracers/api.go b/eth/tracers/api.go
index 142de84a73..c6f71897f5 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/api.go
+++ b/eth/tracers/api.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	// defaultTraceTimeout is the amount of time a single transaction can execute
 	// by default before being forcefully aborted.
-	defaultTraceTimeout = 5 * time.Second
+	defaultTraceTimeout = 600 * time.Second
 
 	// defaultTraceReexec is the number of blocks the tracer is willing to go back
 	// and reexecute to produce missing historical state necessary to run a specific