diff --git a/classes/plagiarism_pchkorg_api_provider.php b/classes/plagiarism_pchkorg_api_provider.php
index 2067e10..d5f4984 100644
--- a/classes/plagiarism_pchkorg_api_provider.php
+++ b/classes/plagiarism_pchkorg_api_provider.php
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ class plagiarism_pchkorg_api_provider {
                     'CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST' => false,
                     'CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER' => false,
                 // The maximum number of seconds to allow cURL functions to execute.
-                    'CURLOPT_TIMEOUT' => 2
+                    'CURLOPT_TIMEOUT' => 8
             ));
 
             if ($json = json_decode($response)) {
diff --git a/version.php b/version.php
index 01a1282..f824a4a 100644
--- a/version.php
+++ b/version.php
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
 if (!isset($plugin)) {
     $plugin = new stdClass();
 }
-$plugin->version = 2022102718;
+$plugin->version = 2022103112;
 $plugin->requires = 2020061501; // Requires Moodle 3.9 .
-$plugin->release = 'v3.12.1';
+$plugin->release = 'v3.12.2';
 $plugin->component = 'plagiarism_pchkorg';
 $plugin->maturity = MATURITY_STABLE;
 $plugin->dependencies = array(