diff --git a/services/syncbase/vsync/parameters.go b/services/syncbase/vsync/parameters.go
index b881d2e..ee6531e 100644
--- a/services/syncbase/vsync/parameters.go
+++ b/services/syncbase/vsync/parameters.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 	// channelTimeout is the duration at which health checks will be requested on
 	// connections to peers.
-	channelTimeout = 5 * time.Second
+	channelTimeout = 2 * time.Second
 
 	// NeighborConnectionTimeout is the time duration we wait for a connection to be
 	// established with a peer discovered from the neighborhood.