diff --git a/cmd/geth/retesteth.go b/cmd/geth/retesteth.go
index ab7981e518..629c2ea7f2 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/retesteth.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/retesteth.go
@@ -889,8 +889,13 @@ func retesteth(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	cors := splitAndTrim(ctx.GlobalString(utils.RPCCORSDomainFlag.Name))
 
 	// start http server
+	var RetestethHTTPTimeouts = rpc.HTTPTimeouts{
+		ReadTimeout:  120 * time.Second,
+		WriteTimeout: 120 * time.Second,
+		IdleTimeout:  120 * time.Second,
+	}
 	httpEndpoint := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", ctx.GlobalString(utils.RPCListenAddrFlag.Name), ctx.Int(rpcPortFlag.Name))
-	listener, _, err := rpc.StartHTTPEndpoint(httpEndpoint, rpcAPI, []string{"test", "eth", "debug", "web3"}, cors, vhosts, rpc.DefaultHTTPTimeouts)
+	listener, _, err := rpc.StartHTTPEndpoint(httpEndpoint, rpcAPI, []string{"test", "eth", "debug", "web3"}, cors, vhosts, RetestethHTTPTimeouts)
 	if err != nil {
 		utils.Fatalf("Could not start RPC api: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index f4be471b3b..9c1374c224 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 1          // Major version component of the current release
 	VersionMinor = 9          // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 12         // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 13         // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "unstable" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )