diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php b/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php
index f511f17d3519..f55d5188fdbd 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/Http/CurlDownloader.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 use Composer\Util\AuthHelper;
 use Composer\Util\Url;
 use Composer\Util\HttpDownloader;
+use Composer\Util\ProcessExecutor;
 use React\Promise\Promise;
 
 /**
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ private function initDownload($resolve, $reject, $origin, $url, $options, $copyT
         curl_setopt($curlHandle, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
         curl_setopt($curlHandle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, false);
         curl_setopt($curlHandle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 10);
-        curl_setopt($curlHandle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 300);
+        curl_setopt($curlHandle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, ProcessExecutor::getTimeout());
         curl_setopt($curlHandle, CURLOPT_WRITEHEADER, $headerHandle);
         curl_setopt($curlHandle, CURLOPT_FILE, $bodyHandle);
         curl_setopt($curlHandle, CURLOPT_ENCODING, "gzip");