diff --git a/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx b/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx
index 5f56d6d01..e9a22794d 100644
--- a/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static const char *cacert;
 static bool verify_peer, verify_host;
 
 /** Connection settings */
-static long connect_timeout;
+static std::chrono::duration<long> connect_timeout;
 
 /**
  * CURLOPT_VERBOSE - verbose mode
@@ -406,10 +406,11 @@ input_curl_init(EventLoop &event_loop, const ConfigBlock &block)
 	verify_peer = block.GetBlockValue("verify_peer", default_verify);
 	verify_host = block.GetBlockValue("verify_host", default_verify);
 
-	constexpr unsigned default_connection_timeout = 10;
-	unsigned timeout = block.GetBlockValue("connect_timeout",
-					       default_connection_timeout);
-	connect_timeout = static_cast<long>(timeout);
+	constexpr std::chrono::seconds default_connection_timeout{10};
+	connect_timeout = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::duration<long>>(
+		block.GetDuration("connect_timeout",
+				  std::chrono::seconds{1},
+				  default_connection_timeout));
 
 	verbose = block.GetBlockValue("verbose",verbose);
 
diff --git a/src/lib/curl/Easy.hxx b/src/lib/curl/Easy.hxx
index 29bf63eba..4b75afbb8 100644
--- a/src/lib/curl/Easy.hxx
+++ b/src/lib/curl/Easy.hxx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <curl/curl.h>
 
+#include <chrono>
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <span>
 #include <stdexcept>
@@ -139,12 +140,12 @@ public:
 		SetOption(CURLOPT_PROXY_SSL_VERIFYPEER, value);
 	}
 
-	void SetConnectTimeout(long timeout) {
-		SetOption(CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, timeout);
+	void SetConnectTimeout(std::chrono::duration<long> timeout) {
+		SetOption(CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, timeout.count());
 	}
 
-	void SetTimeout(long timeout) {
-		SetOption(CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, timeout);
+	void SetTimeout(std::chrono::duration<long> timeout) {
+		SetOption(CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, timeout.count());
 	}
 
 	void SetHeaderFunction(size_t (*function)(char *buffer, size_t size,
diff --git a/src/lib/curl/Setup.cxx b/src/lib/curl/Setup.cxx
index b0f46adb3..01ba04e0c 100644
--- a/src/lib/curl/Setup.cxx
+++ b/src/lib/curl/Setup.cxx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Setup(CurlEasy &easy)
 #endif
 	easy.SetNoProgress();
 	easy.SetNoSignal();
-	easy.SetConnectTimeout(10);
+	easy.SetConnectTimeout(std::chrono::seconds{10});
 	easy.SetOption(CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, (long) CURLAUTH_ANY);
 }