diff --git a/frontera/contrib/messagebus/kafkabus.py b/frontera/contrib/messagebus/kafkabus.py
index f4761e052..7eedc8fad 100644
--- a/frontera/contrib/messagebus/kafkabus.py
+++ b/frontera/contrib/messagebus/kafkabus.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ def __init__(self, location, enable_ssl, cert_path, topic, group, partition_id):
             client_id="%s-%s" % (self._topic, str(partition_id) if partition_id is not None else "all"),
             request_timeout_ms=120 * 1000,
             heartbeat_interval_ms=10000,
+            session_timeout_ms= 10000 * 3
             **kwargs
         )