diff --git a/vars/medium.localvars b/vars/medium.localvars
index cb1391648..460768414 100644
--- a/vars/medium.localvars
+++ b/vars/medium.localvars
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 # Original Idea: branch github.com/xsce/xsce-local for your deployment
 
+# Ansible's default timeout for "get_url:" downloads (10 seconds) often fails
+download_timeout: 100
+
 # Users and Passwords
 
 # Uncomment the following if you don't want iiab_admin_user (by default