diff --git a/data/CMakeLists.txt b/data/CMakeLists.txt
index b91fe6be6..1cd2b1a71 100644
--- a/data/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/data/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # data/CMakeLists.txt
-set(ECBUILD_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT 120)
-set(ECBUILD_DOWNLOAD_RETRIES 5)
+set(ECBUILD_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT 60)
+set(ECBUILD_DOWNLOAD_RETRIES 3)
 
 add_subdirectory(tigge)
 add_subdirectory(bufr)