diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8175ccd5..815b1066 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 
 - Updatated to `modernc.org/sqlite` 1.36.0 (SQLite 3.49.0).
 
+- Bumped the default request read and write timeouts to 5mins (_old 3mins_) to accommodate slower internet connections and larger file uploads/downloads.
+    _If you want to change them you can modify the `OnServe` hook's `ServeEvent.ReadTimeout/WriteTimeout` fields as shown in [#6550](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/6550#discussioncomment-12364515)._
+
 
 ## v0.25.9
 
diff --git a/apis/serve.go b/apis/serve.go
index c3a450d6..324d434c 100644
--- a/apis/serve.go
+++ b/apis/serve.go
@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ func Serve(app core.App, config ServeConfig) error {
 			NextProtos:     []string{acme.ALPNProto},
 		},
 		// higher defaults to accommodate large file uploads/downloads
-		WriteTimeout:      3 * time.Minute,
-		ReadTimeout:       3 * time.Minute,
-		ReadHeaderTimeout: 30 * time.Second,
+		WriteTimeout:      5 * time.Minute,
+		ReadTimeout:       5 * time.Minute,
+		ReadHeaderTimeout: 1 * time.Minute,
 		Addr:              mainAddr,
 		BaseContext: func(l net.Listener) context.Context {
 			return baseCtx