diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 97e30d8..a05a20a 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    veryfi (4.0.0)
+    veryfi (4.0.1)
       base64 (~> 0.1)
       faraday (>= 2.14.1, < 3.0)
       openssl (>= 2.2, < 4.1)
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ GEM
       rexml
     diff-lcs (1.6.2)
     docile (1.4.1)
-    faraday (2.14.2)
+    faraday (2.14.3)
       faraday-net_http (>= 2.0, < 3.5)
       json
       logger
-    faraday-net_http (3.4.3)
+    faraday-net_http (3.4.4)
       net-http (~> 0.5)
     hashdiff (1.2.1)
     io-console (0.8.2)
-    json (2.19.5)
+    json (2.20.0)
     language_server-protocol (3.17.0.5)
     lint_roller (1.1.0)
     logger (1.7.0)
diff --git a/lib/veryfi/client.rb b/lib/veryfi/client.rb
index a53cb81..d5aeeb8 100644
--- a/lib/veryfi/client.rb
+++ b/lib/veryfi/client.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def initialize(
       api_key:,
       base_url: "https://api.veryfi.com/api/",
       api_version: "v8",
-      timeout: 20,
+      timeout: 30,
       faraday: nil
     )
       @request = Veryfi::Request.new(
diff --git a/lib/veryfi/configuration.rb b/lib/veryfi/configuration.rb
index fe60074..eb26493 100644
--- a/lib/veryfi/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/veryfi/configuration.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class Configuration
     def initialize
       @base_url    = "https://api.veryfi.com/api/"
       @api_version = "v8"
-      @timeout     = 20
+      @timeout     = 30
     end
 
     # @return [Hash] the configuration as a keyword-arg-ready Hash. Keys
diff --git a/lib/veryfi/request.rb b/lib/veryfi/request.rb
index 9b0efed..f3a7790 100644
--- a/lib/veryfi/request.rb
+++ b/lib/veryfi/request.rb
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ def make_request(http_verb, path, params = {})
       url = [api_url, path].join
       body = generate_body(http_verb, params)
       headers = generate_headers(params)
-
-      response = conn.public_send(http_verb, url, body, headers)
+      response = attempt_request(http_verb, url, body, headers)
       json_response = process_response(response)
 
       if response.success?
@@ -75,6 +74,15 @@ def make_request(http_verb, path, params = {})
       end
     end
 
+    def attempt_request(http_verb, url, body, headers)
+      conn.public_send(http_verb, url, body, headers)
+    rescue Faraday::TimeoutError => e
+      raise unless e.message.include?("closed")
+
+      @_conn = nil
+      conn.public_send(http_verb, url, body, headers)
+    end
+
     def conn
       @_conn ||= Faraday.new do |conn|
         conn.options.timeout = timeout
diff --git a/lib/veryfi/version.rb b/lib/veryfi/version.rb
index 162f275..0370e81 100644
--- a/lib/veryfi/version.rb
+++ b/lib/veryfi/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module Veryfi
-  VERSION = "4.0.0"
+  VERSION = "4.0.1"
 end
diff --git a/spec/veryfi/request_spec.rb b/spec/veryfi/request_spec.rb
index 77345e2..3337af3 100644
--- a/spec/veryfi/request_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/veryfi/request_spec.rb
@@ -94,6 +94,29 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe "stale connection recovery" do
+    let(:request) do
+      described_class.new("cid", nil, "u", "k", "https://api.veryfi.com/api/", "v8", 30)
+    end
+
+    let(:endpoint) { "https://api.veryfi.com/api/v8/partner/documents/" }
+
+    it "retries once after a closed-socket ReadTimeout" do
+      stub_request(:get, endpoint)
+        .to_raise(Faraday::TimeoutError.new("Net::ReadTimeout with #<TCPSocket:(closed)>")).then
+        .to_return(status: 200, body: '[{"id":1}]')
+
+      expect { request.get("/partner/documents/") }.not_to raise_error
+    end
+
+    it "re-raises Faraday::TimeoutError when the socket is not closed" do
+      stub_request(:get, endpoint)
+        .to_raise(Faraday::TimeoutError.new("execution expired"))
+
+      expect { request.get("/partner/documents/") }.to raise_error(Faraday::TimeoutError, /execution expired/)
+    end
+  end
+
   context "when server responds with empty body" do
     before do
       stub_request(:get, /\.*/).to_return(status: 501, body: "")
diff --git a/spec/veryfi_spec.rb b/spec/veryfi_spec.rb
index 796a33d..5223d5b 100644
--- a/spec/veryfi_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/veryfi_spec.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     it "exposes sensible defaults" do
       expect(described_class.configuration.base_url).to eq("https://api.veryfi.com/api/")
       expect(described_class.configuration.api_version).to eq("v8")
-      expect(described_class.configuration.timeout).to eq(20)
+      expect(described_class.configuration.timeout).to eq(30)
     end
   end