diff --git a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-couchbase/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-couchbase/src/main/resources/application.properties
index ecc5de68fc8..d27b4120e25 100644
--- a/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-couchbase/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-couchbase/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 spring.couchbase.bootstrap-hosts=localhost
+spring.couchbase.env.timeouts.connect=10000
 
 spring.data.couchbase.auto-index=true