diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 5abb351e0..007224efc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ D1X-Rebirth Changelog
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 main/multi.h, main/state.c: Reuse pre-defined player objects when loading coop savestate to revent messup when player amount or orders change in a certain way
 main/menu.c, main/playsave.c, main/playsave.h, main/weapon.c: Wrote seperate function for weapon autocycling that also cycles through non-autoselect weapons; Added option to not autoselect weapon when firing; On the way, smoothed the menu text in misc menu a bit
+net_udp.h: Reduced timeout from 10 to 5 seconds
 
 20120509
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diff --git a/main/net_udp.h b/main/net_udp.h
index 88044728c..c067fcd59 100644
--- a/main/net_udp.h
+++ b/main/net_udp.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ void net_udp_send_mdata_direct(ubyte *data, int data_len, int pnum, int priority
 #define UDP_MAX_NETGAMES 900
 #define UDP_NETGAMES_PPAGE 12 // Netgames on one page of Netlist
 #define UDP_NETGAMES_PAGES 75 // Pages available on Netlist (UDP_MAX_NETGAMES/UDP_NETGAMES_PPAGE)
-#define UDP_TIMEOUT (10*F1_0) // 10 seconds disconnect timeout
+#define UDP_TIMEOUT (5*F1_0) // 5 seconds disconnect timeout
 #define UDP_MDATA_STOR_QUEUE_SIZE 500 // Store up to 500 MDATA packets
 
 // UDP-Packet identificators (ubyte) and their (max. sizes).