diff --git a/src/box/applier.cc b/src/box/applier.cc
index 0e66382cf088f1542fb93fffae2e0c3c038a7aae..f99649217c7425e249757cea243f26b7ac785e3f 100644
--- a/src/box/applier.cc
+++ b/src/box/applier.cc
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ applier_log_error(struct applier *applier, struct error *e)
 	error_log(e);
 	if (type_cast(SocketError, e) || type_cast(SystemError, e))
 		say_info("will retry every %.2lf second",
-			 replication_reconnect_timeout());
+			 replication_reconnect_interval());
 	applier->last_logged_errcode = errcode;
 }
 
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ applier_f(va_list ap)
 		*/
 reconnect:
 		applier_disconnect(applier, APPLIER_DISCONNECTED);
-		fiber_sleep(replication_reconnect_timeout());
+		fiber_sleep(replication_reconnect_interval());
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/box/lua/load_cfg.lua b/src/box/lua/load_cfg.lua
index d4f2128db5df6e931f26fa331e87ba8e0c22efcd..a9ccb5caec1f79da3bfee801e2378c0301c9b855 100644
--- a/src/box/lua/load_cfg.lua
+++ b/src/box/lua/load_cfg.lua
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ local default_cfg = {
     worker_pool_threads = 4,
     replication_timeout = 1,
     replication_sync_lag = 10,
-    replication_connect_timeout = 4,
+    replication_connect_timeout = 30,
     replication_connect_quorum = nil, -- connect all
 }
 
diff --git a/src/box/replication.h b/src/box/replication.h
index 34845a41a37ce62cf2c8e5cedba608ac7fce6e0f..115f52e49055ebb4542cbd053d4bc7664b5f9a5a 100644
--- a/src/box/replication.h
+++ b/src/box/replication.h
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ extern double replication_sync_lag;
  * to a master.
  */
 static inline double
-replication_reconnect_timeout(void)
+replication_reconnect_interval(void)
 {
 	return replication_timeout;
 }
diff --git a/test/app-tap/init_script.result b/test/app-tap/init_script.result
index 80153e386133f1b2a493056f83aaa30727ac0807..eea9f5bcfd63d0e6bfb08b7a8199fb1937915bfc 100644
--- a/test/app-tap/init_script.result
+++ b/test/app-tap/init_script.result
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ box.cfg
 16	pid_file:box.pid
 17	read_only:false
 18	readahead:16320
-19	replication_connect_timeout:4
+19	replication_connect_timeout:30
 20	replication_sync_lag:10
 21	replication_timeout:1
 22	rows_per_wal:500000
diff --git a/test/box/admin.result b/test/box/admin.result
index 7a3e937b1a83a3a355f041797dad45511398f6e7..c3e318a6a4a2639ad392e02971c5cd45d7a76c22 100644
--- a/test/box/admin.result
+++ b/test/box/admin.result
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ cfg_filter(box.cfg)
   - - readahead
     - 16320
   - - replication_connect_timeout
-    - 4
+    - 30
   - - replication_sync_lag
     - 10
   - - replication_timeout
diff --git a/test/box/cfg.result b/test/box/cfg.result
index 67539cd175647101bafe4346b575177b5529b766..e7917681b6d1683bb1a97e3a72405c96e783f308 100644
--- a/test/box/cfg.result
+++ b/test/box/cfg.result
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ cfg_filter(box.cfg)
   - - readahead
     - 16320
   - - replication_connect_timeout
-    - 4
+    - 30
   - - replication_sync_lag
     - 10
   - - replication_timeout
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ cfg_filter(box.cfg)
   - - readahead
     - 16320
   - - replication_connect_timeout
-    - 4
+    - 30
   - - replication_sync_lag
     - 10
   - - replication_timeout