diff --git a/pkg/services/alerting/eval_handler.go b/pkg/services/alerting/eval_handler.go
index ab4c377197b..a5599b96d2c 100644
--- a/pkg/services/alerting/eval_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/services/alerting/eval_handler.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type DefaultEvalHandler struct {
 func NewEvalHandler() *DefaultEvalHandler {
 	return &DefaultEvalHandler{
 		log:             log.New("alerting.evalHandler"),
-		alertJobTimeout: time.Second * 10,
+		alertJobTimeout: time.Second * 15,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/graphite/graphite.go b/pkg/tsdb/graphite/graphite.go
index 32e1ab4fa76..b0fdbcadb93 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/graphite/graphite.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/graphite/graphite.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func init() {
 	}
 
 	HttpClient = http.Client{
-		Timeout:   time.Duration(10 * time.Second),
+		Timeout:   time.Duration(15 * time.Second),
 		Transport: tr,
 	}
 }