diff --git a/jenkins/__init__.py b/jenkins/__init__.py
index 7ebdbea..913d2aa 100755
--- a/jenkins/__init__.py
+++ b/jenkins/__init__.py
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ import warnings
 import multi_key_dict
 import requests
 import requests.exceptions as req_exc
+import urllib3.util.timeout
 from requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions import InsecureRequestWarning
 from six.moves.http_client import BadStatusLine
 from six.moves.urllib.error import URLError
@@ -300,7 +301,7 @@ class Jenkins(object):
     _timeout_warning_issued = False
 
     def __init__(self, url, username=None, password=None,
-                 timeout=socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT):
+                 timeout=urllib3.util.timeout._DEFAULT_TIMEOUT):
         '''Create handle to Jenkins instance.
 
         All methods will raise :class:`JenkinsException` on failure.