diff --git a/roles/varnish/templates/s390kojipkgs.vcl.j2 b/roles/varnish/templates/s390kojipkgs.vcl.j2
index 258ba9ef76..8c7da209e4 100644
--- a/roles/varnish/templates/s390kojipkgs.vcl.j2
+++ b/roles/varnish/templates/s390kojipkgs.vcl.j2
@@ -19,11 +19,14 @@ backend koji01 {
     .host = "koji01.stg.phx2.fedoraproject.org";
     .probe = {
         .url = "/work/";
-        .timeout = 1s;
+        .timeout = 10s;
         .interval = 5s;
         .window = 5;
         .threshold = 3;
     }
+    .first_byte_timeout = 300s;
+    .connect_timeout = 10s;
+    .between_bytes_timeout  = 2s;
 }
 {% else %}
 backend kojipkgs01 {